Filipino Dishes, Filipino Recipes and Filipino Foods

Ginataan is a word that, in english,  literally means “done with coconut milk”. Meaning that any food cooked in coconut milk can be described as Ginataan. In the Philippines we know a variety of Filipino Ginataan as a Dessert. In this Blog we will describe the most common cooked Ginataan.

• one cup of glutininous rice (sweet rice) flour
• six saba, sliced
• three cups of coconut milk
• cup of water
• 100 g cooked sago pearls
• one camote (sweet potato), cubed
• half cup of white sugar
• one gabi (taro root), cubed

The procedure to prepare this dessert is:

1. Mix the rice flour and the water together and blend them well using hands until it gets soft and dough like
2. Make them into small balls and place them aside.
3. Put the coconut milk in a pan, add some sugar and bring it to a boil.
4. Next add the sliced saba, sago, camote gabi and flour balls. let the mix simmer on a reduced heat for another 15 minutes until the whole mixture is properly cooked. When finished place it in a bowl and serve  it warm.

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