Mixed Fruit Cocktail in Sweet Coconut Milk

Name: Mixed Fruit Cocktail in Sweet Coconut Milk (Guinataan)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 4 cups (1 liter) water; 8 oz (225 g) sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; 5 oz (150 g) taro, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; 8 oz (225 g) purple yam (ube), peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; 8 oz (225 g) purple yam (ube), peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces; 2-3 cups thickly sliced plantains; 4 oz (120 g) rice flour; 4 oz (120 g) sago pearls; 3½ oz (100 g) fresh or canned jackfruit, cut into bite-sized pieces; 3½ oz (100 g) fresh or canned jackfruit, cut into bite-sized pieces; 1½ cups (375 ml) thick coconut milk; 1½ cups (300 g) sugar

Guinataan

Preparation info

Serves
10-12

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Filipino Homestyle Dishes

By Norma Olizon-Chikiamco

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

4 cups (1 liter) water
8 oz (225

Asia
Philippines
Dessert
Vegan

Method

Bring the water to a boil in a stockpot. Add the sweet potatoes and taro and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes. Add the yam and plantains and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
Moisten the rice flour with just enough water to make it sticky, then shape into small balls. Drop the rice flour balls, sago pearls and jackfruit into the liquid and continue to simmer. Sti