Tuesday, May 21, 2019

How to make a Tasty Pinoy Ginataan Recipe



The Philippines is rich in natural resources such as coconuts as one of the main sources of food supply. The coconut tree is so abundant across the archipelago that made its inhabitants create numerous versions of coconut-derived recipes. People wouldn't notice that several Filipino recipes contain coconut ingredients. Examples are Bicol express, Binakol, rice cake derivatives, pastries, and other desert varieties. One major interesting Pinoy snack is Ginataan, which is the Tagalog term for mixed fruits in coconut milk.

From the word gata or coconut milk, Ginataan is a famous Pinoy Food made up of different variants of fruits and root crops in a coconut milk base. When you mix all the ingredients all together, you will enjoy tasting a sweet delight that is different from other parts of the world. The enzymes that the ingredients release makes a different sweet flavor that is good for the health. Aside from having a tasty meal, there are beneficial effects that this snack can offer to anyone who wants to taste Ginataan.



Description of Ginataan

Ginataan is a delightful snack that everyone in the Philippines love to eat while spending their time with their loved ones. The most common appearance of this delicious food is white in color due to the thick presence of the coconut milk. The whitish color indicates the natural color of the coconut milk and other milk derivatives of the snack. One of the most interesting features of this snack is that you can see small specs of coconuts within that sweet soupy snack that you can feel it in your tongue whenever you make a spoonful meal.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of Coconut milk or scrape the meat of two Coconuts
  • 2 cups of Banana cuts
  • 2 cups of Sweet potato cuts
  • 2 cups of Glutinous rice (Tapioca)
  • 1 cup of corn kernel
  • 8 cups of Water
  • 1 cup of brown sugar
Alternative or Additional ingredients:
  • 2 cups of Cassava chops
  • 2 cups of Ube (Purple Yam) Chops 
  • 1 cup of Sago (small mealy pith)
  • 1 cup of Coconut meat
  • half cup of evaporated milk
  • half cup of condensed milk
Procedure:
  • Always wash your hands before starting the procedure. 
  • Using the traditional method, scrape the two coconuts using the electric coconut scraper
  • Extract the juice of the scrapped coconut and then place it in a container, preferably in a drinking glass, a cup, or small bowl.
  • Chop the banana and other root crops (sweet potato, banana, cassava, etc.).
  • Make at least small balls of glutinous rice like the size of small marbles until filling it in 2 cups.
  • Boil the sago until they expand in a small container for at least 30 minutes. 
  • Using another pot, start to pour 8 cups of water and wait for 20 minutes until it starts to boil. 
  • When the water starts to boil, mix the coconut milk until it reboils. 
  • Start to pour the 2 cups of chopped sweet potatoes or the cassava into the pot and wait for five minutes. 
  • Pour the rest of the ingredients (banana, balls of glutinous rice, purple yam, corn kernels and the sago) and then simmer it for ten minutes. 
  • Pour 1 cup of sugar then mix it thoroughly. 
  • Simmer it again for another ten minutes until all the ingredients naturally mix together. 
  • Then you may now serve and enjoy it with your company. Enjoy!
*Some people make this snack as their breakfast every morning or as their evening diet routine. This depends on how the person balances their diet in their own unique way. 

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