Halo-Halo

Name: Halo-Halo
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 4 portions
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 800 g · 4 cups shaved ice; 120 g · ½ cup sweetened red beans and white beans; 80 g · ¼ cup nata de coco; 80 g · ¼ cup kaong (sugar palm fruit); 100 g · ½ cup sweetened saba banana; 60 g · ¼ cup sweetened jackfruit; 120 g · 4 slices leche flan, cubed; 100 g · 4 tbsp ube halaya; 240 ml · 1 cup evaporated milk; 20 g · 4 tbsp pinipig (toasted rice); 240 g · 4 scoops ube ice cream

🍽 Serves 4⏱ Prep 20 min🌍 Filipino

Shaved ice layered with sweet beans, jellies, fruit, leche flan, ube and evaporated milk.

📍 Manila · Philippines

The story of the dish

Halo-halo is believed to come from the Japanese kakigori sold by Japanese migrants in Manila before World War II, made Filipino with local sweets.

The name: Halo-halo means 'mix-mix' in Tagalog.

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
shaved ice	≈ 800 g	≈ 4 cups
sweetened red beans and white beans	≈ 120 g	≈ ½ cup
nata de coco	≈ 80 g	≈ ¼ cup
kaong (sugar palm fruit)	≈ 80 g	≈ ¼ cup
sweetened saba banana	≈ 100 g	≈ ½ cup
sweetened jackfruit	≈ 60 g	≈ ¼ cup
leche flan cubed	≈ 120 g	≈ 4 slices
ube halaya	≈ 100 g	≈ 4 tbsp
evaporated milk	≈ 240 ml	≈ 1 cup
pinipig (toasted rice)	≈ 20 g	≈ 4 tbsp
ube ice cream	≈ 240 g	≈ 4 scoops

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

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Also used: ice shaver · tall glasses · long spoons

Method

Put a spoon of each sweetened bean, fruit and jelly in tall glasses.
Fill with finely shaved ice.
Pour evaporated milk over the ice.
Top with leche flan, ube halaya, a scoop of ube ice cream and pinipig.
Serve with a long spoon and mix (halo-halo) before eating.

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Shave the ice very fine so it absorbs the milk like snow.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 4

480kcal

10 gprotein

82 gcarbs

13 gfat

Allergens

Milk

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