WHB# 320 Nilagang Saging (Boiled Banana)

Come harvest time for bananas, we would have plenty of
unripe bananas at home. Dad would choose the large ones
to sell and the smaller ones are left for our consumption.

This is another way of boiling banana that I learned here in Pila.

Instead of boiling ripe bananas, unripe banana is used. Washed
it thoroughly, and with you palm, press each banana to crack it.
Place in a large pot with water and add salt. Boil bananas until
cooked. The sap of the fruit will mix with the water adding flavor

and will turn the fruit brownish. Served with grated coconut and 

sprinkle sugar.

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A Real Fruit Salad

I spent New Year with my sister in Phisanulok, Thailand. It was my

first time abroad. I had a wonderful time visiting tourist spots and

trying out new dishes. One of my memorable time was making the

fruit salad for New Year's eve. It was my first time to make the salad

without using canned fruit cocktail!

I mixed persimmon (my first time to eat), some kiwi, dragon

fruits, strawberries, apples, grapes with all purpose cream and

condensed milk. I also added cream cheese (I saw it on tv) and

it turned out great.

As a final touch, I sprinkled granada seeds on top!

Powdered Ube

I always associate Christmas with Haleyang Ube
[ha-leh-yang ooh-beh], a sweetened dessert of purple yam
(Dioscorea alata). We always make it from scratch.
Mashing the boiled ube, adding milk and sugar and stirring,
stirring, stirring over low heat. This could take an hour
so be sure to have a partner in stirring.

Ube is used in most Filipino desserts. Halo halo,
ube ice cream, ube silvanas, hopiang ube and ube cake.

In a recent trip to Bohol with friends, our host family
served us a delicious ube cake. I was not able to get
the cake recipe but I was able to watch the process
of making powdered ube which they supply in stores
around Tagbiliran City.

Ube is steamed, grinded and dried

Ube Cake