Halo-Halo

Note: I usually do not have exact measurements for ingredients. Whatever fits in the glass container will suffice :-)

• cooked red beans (soak beans overnight, boil in water for 30 min until tender, then add sugar and boil for another 30 min)
• cooked white beans (same procedure as red beans, you might need to boil a little bit longer)
• macapuno sport - commercial bottled macapuno will do
• bananas (plantain or saba, boiled and sliced)
• jackfruit (if available)
• nata de coco (if available)
• Jello (any color, but red is always nice), cut into cubes
• leche flan
• ice cream for topping
• any other fruits - papaya, avocado, kiwi, cherries, etc.
• shaved ice - blended ice cube in blender will suffice
• haleyang ube (if available)
• milk
• sugar

Arrange the ingredients in layers in a tall glass. Top with shaved ice. Pour in milk. Add sugar. Top with ice cream. Mix. Enjoy.

Next time, add the shaved ice first into the glass, then dump your goodies. This will make mixing so much easier.

By the way, if you live in a country where snow is available, try using pure driven snow instead of shaved ice. It works, but be careful of environmental pollutants though.

But if I were you, purchase an ice shaver right here:

Halo-halo on the web:

• Best Legal High - The Peninsula's Harana Halo-Halo - from Time Magazine
• Halo-Halo With Shaved Ice - from Dale Talde of BravoTV's Top Chef, Season 4

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