Halo-halo

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Halo-Halo
A bowl of halo-halo
CourseDessert
Place of originPhilippines
Main ingredientsShaved ice, milk, various fruits
Halo-halo made in San Diego County, California

Halo-halo, also spelled haluhalo, Tagalog for "mixed", is a popular cold dessert in the Philippines made up of crushed ice, evaporated milk or coconut milk, and various ingredients including side dishes such as ube jam (ube halaya), sweetened kidney beans or garbanzo beans, coconut strips, sago, gulaman (agar), pinipig, boiled taro or soft yams in cubes, flan, slices or portions of fruit preserves and other root crop preserves. The dessert is topped with a scoop of ube ice cream. It is usually prepared in a tall clear glass and served with a long spoon.[1] Halo-halo is considered to be the unofficial national dessert of the Philippines.

  1. ^ Roufs, Timothy G and Kathleen Smyth (2014). Sweet Treats Around the World: an Encyclopedia of Food and Culture : An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. ABC-CLIO, LLC. pp. 267–271. ISBN 9781610692212.