Coconut Milk–Stewed Mochi and Tropical Fruit

Name: Coconut Milk–Stewed Mochi and Tropical Fruit (Ghee • nah • tah • AHNG BEE • low BEE • low)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons salted butter, softened to room temperature (if using unsalted, add a pinch of kosher salt); 2 ripe saba bananas (see headnote for Beef Giniling) or 1 ripe plantain, sliced in half lengthwise and cut into ¾-inch (2 cm) half-moons; 1 small orange sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) dice; 6 tablespoons (55 g) small dried tapioca or 1 cup (241 g) cooked small tapioca or Molasses Tapioca; 2 tablespoons fresh steamed ube, dried ube flakes, or ube halaya; 1 can (13½ ounces/398 ml) unsweetened, full-fat coconut milk; ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar; ¼ cup (60 g) jackfruit preserved in syrup, drained, each piece cut in half; 2 chamomile tea bags; 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds, toasted; 1 cup (130 g) glutinous rice flour, plus extra for dusting; 2 tablespoons raw cane sugar; 2 drops ube extract (optional); ½ cup (120 ml) warm water

Ghee • nah • tah • AHNG BEE • low BEE • low

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Filipinx

By Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan

Published 2021

About

Gigil is an almost untranslatable word: the sensation of being giddily overwhelmed by adorableness—“when something is so cute you want to bite it,” as my friend Geena Rocero (see “Siya: Decolonizing the Language,”) explained. That’s what I felt as a kid watching Lola roll up bilo-bilo, little balls of mochi no bigger than Milk Duds, and toss them into a bubbling pot of coconut milk on her electric stove. I couldn’t resist. I’d stand on tiptoe

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