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Nilupak na Kamoteng Kahoy by Angie Pastor.

For orders in Manila, call 09369815475.

It’s mashed cassava… See how it’s made!

Cassava Cake and Coffee. Photo by Angie Pastor.

Kamoteng Kahoy is the Tagalog term for cassava.

Balinghoy is cassava, also known as kamoteng-kahoy in the Tagalog language.

When the Spaniards came to the Philippines in the sixteenth century, Islam was the religion in many parts. Islam had a firm hold on the islands of Mindanao and Sulu in the South, which throughout the Spanish rule had fiercely preserved their independence and Arabic culture. The American period (1898-1946) brought Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao […]

Photos by Eva Argenos. How to make nilupak? First, you pound the cassava into a mash!