Filipino Cuisine--- Right at My Home!

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I have been to many great restaurants but there is still no place like home. My mother and my grandmother cook the most delicious and homely meals. I think that applies to everybody--the way of their cooking will remind you of your good childhood days--and therefore satisfy your appetite. Anyway, I want to share you a list of my favorite Filipino desserts:

Leche Flan, also known as egg custard, has gotten its name from Spanish words eggs and milk. Those two are the main ingredients for this food. The brown topping is heated caramel poured all over the custard. This is absolutely delicious!
Here's a youtube link I found on how to make leche flan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mwJvhipL0

I haven't tried it myself, but I'm definitely going to try one day!

On your right side there is one of the well-known Filipino desserts called Halo-Halo ("Halo" pronounced as Hah-Lo in tagalog, means "mix"). This dessert is a combination of many fruits and sweets. There is no specific way of making Halo-halo, all you need are the main ingredients: boiled red mung beans, sugar palm. tapioca pearls, evaporated or condensed milk, crushed ice, purple yam, sugar, ice cream and anything you want to add. This is the easiest dessert ever, all you really need to do is to "mix-it-up" no wonder it's called halo-halo.

Finally, this one right here called Turon, it is absolutely easy to make, all you need are plantains, brown sugar and spring roll wrappers. This is such an appetizing snack. It is somewhat healthy too, because the sweetness comes from the sweet plantain and not all from the brown sugar (it only gives it the caramelized look). Some people put jack fruit with the plantain to give it a tropical twist.
You should try making this at home!


Here is the recipe for Turon:
http://www.discoversandiego.com/features/cheflarry/recipes/desserts/turon.htm

So, these are my three top favorite Filipino desserts that my grandmother and my mother make every time there is a gathering at our house.

If you want to taste some of these desserts, you should come by my meetings/lectures at UMB. Contact me at AppetizineMedia@gmail.com for more information.