Sunday, April 24, 2011
FatGoddess
lazy Easter Sunday afternoon merienda: lugaw with flour balls, sago, saging, gata, butong, ube, camote
LINUGAW brings me back to our humble home some 25 years ago. After the summer's precious rain, our grandmother Nanay Laon would make a very big cauldron of LINUGAW with all the good stuff. I love the soft flour balls in this sweet porridge with sago (pearls), ripe bananas, violet sweet potatoes, Ube or yam, strips of young coconut meat mixed with coconut milk and brown sugar. Eaten steaming hot or as a cold dessert, it doesn't matter. The taste and the texture of the different ingredients together in a mouthful is incredible. The soft richness of the potatoes and the Ube complements the sweet bananas. Comfort food.
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2 comments:
i could eat a huge bowl of this, i swear! -- one of my most favorite Filipino merienda food. :D well, i can do away with camote and flour balls, though. other than that, it's heaven. :D
thanks ellen! wonderful bowl of comfort food.
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