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Halo-halo recipe

Created by Peter Kuruvita

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Rating:

4/ 5 stars 12 Votes

Cuisine: Filipino
Prep Time: 20 min(s)
Cook Time: 5 min(s)
Serves 4

Peter Kuruvita's recipe for this sweet and fruity Filipino dessert can be made with any seasonal ingredients you like. It's so simple – get the kids to help out – and ideal for chilling out on a hot summer's day.

Ingredients

½ cup tinned sweet corn kernels or cooked chickpeas
1 cup cooked sweet yams or glutinous purple yam (ube halaya), cut into 2.5cm cubes
1 cup canned ripe jackfruit, drained, thinly sliced
2 ripe mangoes, peeled (or 1 cup canned ripe mango), cut into 1cm pieces
1 large ripe banana, sliced
1 cup fresh or canned young shredded coconut
1 cup chopped jelly
2 cups shaved ice
250ml (1 cup) milk
4 scoops of your favourite ice-cream
chopped peanuts, to serve

Jelly
1½ sheets titanium-strength gelatine
1 cup tinned pineapple juice

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Preparation

Chilling time: 1 hour

To make the jelly, soak the gelatine in iced water. Heat the pineapple juice in a saucepan over low heat. When the gelatine is soft, drain and squeeze out the excess water. Add to the pan and stir until dissolved. Do not boil. Remove from heat and pour into a small tray, refrigerate until set, then cut into 1cm cubes.

Divide the corn or chickpeas, sweet yams, jackfruit, mango, banana, coconut and jelly among 4 tall glasses. Top each glass with ½ cup shaved ice, 60ml (¼ cup) milk and 1 scoop of ice-cream. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve immediately.

Note
You can eat it as is, or mix the whole concoction before eating. Some of the ingredients above, such as corn or fruits, may be substituted with cherries, crushed pineapple, papaya, or any other ripe fruits in season.

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Comments (7)

24 Jan 2013 02:44 AEST

My Caucasian partner and I actually watch the show and to be fair, Peter did a great job in presenting what he think is the closest to an autenthic Filipino dish where he was at the time. I think that even the most common/popular dishes like Sinigang and Adobo can be cooked in so many different way depending on the availability of ingredients at the time and where you are located i.e. north or south of the country. And I agree with @Manyana about the Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai version of the dessert. Thank you Peter for including the Phillippines in your Island Feast Series..!

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17 Jun 2012 12:38 AEST

Manyana

@Mareza & Dolores, I don't see any from his Filipino crowd complaining. You should be grateful that Peter liked the food enough to share about it on SBS when filipino food is barely publicised on national tv! We're in Australia... that's why it had to be westernised and what is truly authentic these days when you have similar desserts such as Ais Kacang from Malaysia and Singapore, Kakigōri in Japan or Es campur from Indonesia.

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03 Jun 2012 05:59 AEST

Jason

What is wrong with his interpretation of the recipes? The show is on an Australian network, also if you wanted a truly Authentic recipe, go get a Filipino recipe book!

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03 Jun 2012 06:34 AEST

mareza

ROCKFORD

halo halo

don't do Fili[ino foods if you don't know authentic style.....your's is Australian style.....

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02 Jun 2012 08:40 AEST

Dolores

Very disappointing in the way Peter Kuruvita interpretation of the Halo Halo and sinigang receipes in the Island Feast show. His receipes are very westernised not the Filipino authentic style. How about really show casing it in its authentic Filipino style?????

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02 Jun 2012 07:30 AEST

Dan Collyer

Cairns

I love pinoy food

My wife is Filipino and cooks up a storm every meal, I am such a lucky man. But I must say that Halo Halo is not my fav dish. She keeps all her recipes online and now I have even started to make Pork Adobo! You can see some of her recipes here:) http://coniescorner.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/pork-chicken-adobo-recipe.html

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24 May 2012 10:49 AEST

Ramfel Huggins

Perth

Halo halo (Mix Mix) is still the best

people are now starting to notice the rich Filipino cuisine and the 7,107 islands itself which is heaven on earth.

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