Yum!

Hee, yay for Dale making halo-halo last night on Top Chef. I haven't had any in ages. Mmm, halo-halo.

Here are two recipes for it - really, you just need the basics and then you can improv wildly to your own taste.

1 ripe large banana
2 ripe mangoes or 1 cup canned ripe mango
1 c. firm gelatin set into gel and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 c. canned ripe jackfruit
1/2 c. sweet corn or chick peas (garbanzos)
1 c. young shredded coconut, fresh or canned
1 c. cooked sweet yams or glutinous purple yam, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 c. shaved ice
2 c. milk
4 scoops of favorite ice cream
1/2 c. chopped peanuts or rice krispies
Peel mangoes and slice the meat into 1/2-inch cubes. Discard the seeds. Prepare 4 tall glasses. Divide each ingredient into 4 equal parts. In each glass place 1/4 of each ingredient, adding layer by layer starting with corn or chick peas, cooked sweet yams, jackfruit, bananas, coconut, and gelatin. Top with 1/2 cup shaved ice.
Pour 1/4 cup milk over shaved ice and top with a scoop of ice cream. Sprinkle nuts or rice krispies over it.

NOTE: Individual persons may eat as it is or mix the whole concoction before eating. Some of the ingredients above, such as corn or fruits may be substituted with cherries, crushed pineapple, papaya, or any other ripe fruits in season.

Or:

2 tablespoons kaong (sweet palm) or
2 tablespoons langka (jackfruit)
2 tablespoons macapuno (a variety of coconut meat sold in bottles)
2 tablespoons sweetened kidney beans
2 tablespoons sweetened garbanzos
2 tablespoons sweetened ripe plantains
2 tablespoons ube or yam
2 tablespoons custard or crème caramel (leche flan)
crushed ice to fill glass
2/3 evaporated milk
a scoop of magnolia ube macapuno ice cream on top
Directions: Put everything in a bowl. Followed by shaved ice, evaporated milk and scoop of ice cream. Others chose to top the dessert with just ice, milk and sugar.

Man, now I'm craving macapuno ice cream.