Halo-Halo, also spelled as Halu-halu, is a popular Filipino dessert that is often sold as street food. The name means “mixed” in English, and the dish consists of finely shaved ice, evaporated or sweetened condensed milk, and a variety of tropical fruits such as young coconut, mango, or jackfruit slices, as well as fruit preserves like kaong, nata de coco, macapuno, gulaman, or tapioca. Root crop preserves like ube halaya may also be included, and the dessert is topped with ice cream or a slice of flan, and sometimes with beans, pinipig, or cubes of Saba bananas.
Janis has a unique homemade Halo-Halo recipe, where she tops her shaved ice with nata de coco, sweet beans, sago (tapioca), flan, and ube ice cream. There are no strict rules when it comes to making Halo-Halo, and you can add as many ingredients as you like to customize it to your taste. With some of the ingredients already cooked, this popular Filipino dessert is easy to prepare. Additionally, you can also find ready-made Halo-Halo ingredients at Asian stores. You don’t have to go to a restaurant to enjoy a special Halo-Halo – you can easily make it at home!
Ingredients: 2 servings
1/2 cup of ice chips
1/4 cup of evaporated milk
1/4 cup sweetened, condensed milk(optional)
1 quarter of leche flan
1/4 cup of sweetened sago(tapioca pearls)
1/4 cup of sweet beans
3-4 slices of sweetened jackfruit slices
2 scoops of Ube ice cream
Preparation:
- First, apply a portion of the sweetened beans and sago(tapioca pearls) on the bottom of the Halo halo glass you will use.
- Pour some ice chips on top, add evaporated or sweetened, condensed milk on top depending on your choice.
- Follow ice chips with the remaining sweet beans and sago, nata de coco, sweetened jackfruits, the add a quarter of the flan and 1-2 scoops of Ube ice cream. Enjoy its deliciousness!
Tip: Check on Janis’s page for her Leche Flan recipe. You have a choice apply sweetened condensed milk if you think the Halo-halo recipe you’re making lacks sweetness based on the other sweet ingredients you’re using. Otherwise, you can stick to evaporated milk or both. Your choice.
