This is halo-halo (Tagalog word "halo" means "mix") a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits. After the Holy Day programme last Tuesday, we had lunch at home (I made pork adobo) and afterwards had halo-halo for a dessert. We invited Mildred and Christine over, and Jalal also joined us. The halo-halo ingredients we used include beans (red mung, kidney and garbanzo), sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), jackfruit (langka), nata de coco, ube (purple yam), flan (custard), and gulaman (gelatin). I made the flan myself and Mildred prepared the gelatin. I remember buying halo-halo from a sari-sari store next to our house back home during the hot months (March-May), sometimes I bring my own glass so I can bring and enjoy it at home :-).
Here are few photos of our happy, excited faces. We enjoyed it a lot, I think this is one of the best halo-halo I tried. I only gave Enna-Marie a bit of the gelatin as she was already going to nap. So do u want to be our guest next time so you can try this mouth-watering dessert??
Mildred adding some ice, we call this ice shaver "pang-kayod" in Tagalog
finished product (gelatin and flan on top)...YUMMY!
Jalal was the first one to try
mixing some more ingredients
I later joined the girls
and Maarten of course had his share...!
