Filipino Food

Mango Sago Gulaman

The Filipino treat Sago’t Gulaman is a refreshing blend of pieces of gulaman (seaweed-derived “gelatin”) and sago pearls. Here’s a recipe with mango puree added.

Ube Maja Blanca

How to easily turn the classic Filipino treat Maja Blanca into an ube-flavored delight!

Binagol

Binagól is a sweet snack from the Visayas region.

Its main ingredient is crushed or grated talyan, a type of root crop similar to gabi (taro).

Langka

Langka or Nangka is the Tagalog word for “jackfruit.” It’s the largest fruit that grows on a tree! See the other photo!

Boneless Crispy Pata

Photos by Jeric Travis of Boneless Crispy Pata.

What is pata? It’s literally the leg of a pig. ?

Curacha

In the Chavacano language of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, curacha refers to the spanner crab or red frog crab whose scientific name is Ranina ranina.

Malunggay leaves. Photo by Angie Pastor.

Malunggay (Moringa) is known as sajina in South Asian countries like India. In English, it is sometimes called referred to as horseradish though it’s a different species from the horseradish that Westerners know.

Buko

Mango Sago Gulaman

Ube Maja Blanca

Budin

Mamon

Binagol

Langka

Boneless Crispy Pata

Curacha

Malunggay