Ingredients :
- 1 cup glutinous rice flour
- 1/2 cup dried tapioca pearls
- 2-1/2 cups coconut milk
- 10 cups water
- 2-1/2 cups sweet potato, peeled and cubed
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 ripe saba (plantain) bananas, sliced into rounds
- 5 fresh or canned jackfruit, cut into strips
Cooking Procedures :
- Prepare Bilo-bilo (Rice Balls): Combine rice flour with 4 tbsp. water in a bowl; mix well. Form into small balls, about 1/2 in. diameter. In a pot, pour 8 cups of water and bring to a boil. Drop each balls in the boiling water; cook for 5 minutes or until they float. Remove rice balls; set aside.
- Boil tapioca pearls in the same pot over medium heat until soft and translucent. Drain and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine 2 cups of coconut milk and 2 cups of water; bring to a boil. Add sweet potatoes; cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add cooked tapioca, sugar and cooked rice balls; cook for 10 minutes.
- Add jackfruit strips and banana rounds; cook for 5 minutes until everything is tender. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut milk; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for another 3 minutes.
- Ladle onto individual bowls; serve warm or chilled this guinataang bilo-bilo.
- Serves 4.
My Recipe Rating is 4.6 out of 5 stars: 
with 2 comment review(s)
with 2 comment review(s)
This is one of my favorite merienda. Although I didn’t got the right sweetness on my first try, maybe I will next time. hehe… Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you for publishing these recipes of typical Filipino sweets . I have been away from the P.I. since 1967 and was always longing to try them once more, however until I discovered you in internet I was lost. Now I can do them myself at home. Thank you once more.