Filipino Food: Halo-halo

Halo-halo (from Tagalog word halò, "mix") is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl.

Ingredients include boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapioca, nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), cheese, pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). In terms of arrangement, most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice.

This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ubeng pula), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.

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Ingredients

• 1 ripe large banana
• 2 ripe mangoes or 1 cup canned ripe mango
• 1 cup firm gelatin set into gel and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 cup canned ripe jackfruit
• 1/2 cup sweet corn or chick peas (garbanzos)
• 1 cup young shredded coconut, fresh or canned
• 1 cup cooked sweet yams or (ube halaya) glutinous purple yam,  cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 cup shaved ice
• 2 cup milk
• 4 scoops of favorite ice cream
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or rice krispies

Procedure

1. Peel mangoes and slice the meat into 1/2-inch cubes. Discard the seeds.
2. Prepare 4 tall glasses. Divide each ingredient into 4 equal parts.
3. In each glass place 1/4 of each ingredient, adding layer by layer starting with corn or chick peas, cooked sweet yams, jackfruit, bananas, coconut, and gelatin.
   
4. Top with 1/2 cup shaved ice.
5. Pour 1/4 cup milk over shaved ice and top with a scoop of ice cream.
6. Sprinkle nuts or rice krispies over it.

Sources:
http://www.pinoyrecipe.net/halo-halo-recipe-a-filipino-dessert/#axzz2CdBjHvfP
http://www.sanpablocity.com.ph/san-pablo-city-recipe/672-halo-halo-special.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo-halo