Sampaloc or sampalok again, is another one of those not really
good-looking fruits. Its outer shell covering is brown and inside the brown pod
are these seeds covered by brown pulp. The pulp is the one that's eaten, it's
very tart and sweet at the same time.
They make the pulp into candy - by rolling it into balls and then covering it
with salt and sugar and wrapping it in yellow cellophane. (This is also known
as tarugo in Mexico, which of course has another connotation in Tagalog
slang.)
Sampalok candy
Unripe sampalok is used to sour dishes such as
sinigang. In fact sinigang sa sampalok is one of the Philippines' most delicious soups. Also, the young flowers are also used in dishes as in sinampalokang manok.
