About the dish
Halo-halo, meaning ‘mix-mix’, is the best-known Filipino dessert for hot weather. A tall glass is layered with sweetened red and white beans, jackfruit, caramelised saba bananas, translucent kaong sugar-palm fruit, nata de coco jelly and other sweets, then topped with shaved ice and drenched in evaporated milk. On top go ube halaya – sweet purple yam jam – a piece of leche flan, a scoop of ice cream and crunchy pinipig toasted rice. Before eating it is all stirred up vigorously, just as the name says. It is sold at street stalls and fast-food chains, especially in the hot months from March to May.
Main ingredients
- shaved ice
- evaporated milk
- sweet beans
- bananas
- jackfruit
- ube halaya
- leche flan
- ice cream
More: Wikipedia (en)
