Summer is officially here! With the increase in temperature almost every day, there’s nothing like a tall glass of something cold to beat the summer heat. If you wish to have one for yourself, here’s the recipe for some of the famous pinoy summer coolers.
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| Ice Candy is the usual summer treats of the Pinoys especially the kids |
Ice Candy Ingredients:
Any fruit drink whether in powder or concentrate form
Water
Sugar
Procedure:
Mix water, sugar and fruit drink powder or concentrate
With the help of a funnel, pour them on your ice candy bags
Freeze for 24 hours
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| Before there were pearl shakes, one iced beverage ruled the Manila Street - Iskrambol or Ice Sramble |
Ice Scramble Ingredients:
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tbsp sugar
½ tsp banana flavoring
Few drops of red liquid coloring to get the right shade of pink color
3 cups crushed ice
2 tbsp milk powder
Chocolate syrup
Procedure:
Mix the evaporated milk, sugar, banana flavoring and red liquid coloring and add onto to crushed ice
Mix well and keep in an insulated contained
Fill a cup with the mix crushed ice base
Add milk powder and chocolate syrup
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| Buko Pandan is a refreshing desert that never fails to tempt filipino tongues |
Buko Pandan Ingredients:
8 leaves Pandan, cleaned well
5 coconut, meat grated to strips
10 cups water from the coconut
3 small cans Nestle cream
1 medium can Condensed milk
2 bars green gulaman
1 ¾ cups sugar
1 cup kaong (optional)
Procedure:
Boil coconut water together with pandan leaces for 20 minutes
Remove the pandan leaves, add 2 bars of gulaman and white sugar. Mix for 5 minutes
Pour through a strained into cooling trays. Wait till it cools and hardens. Refrigerate
Mix the grated buko with nestle cream and condensed milk
Add kaong if you prefer
Cut gulaman into 1 cm cube. Mix with buko mixture
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| Saba con Yelo is one of the usual snacks in the Philippines, just add ice and it will instantly becomes a thirst quencher |
Saba Con Yelo Ingredients:
5 saging na saba, sliced diagonally
½ cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla (optional)
2 cups water
¼ cup evaporated milk
1 cup crushed ice
Procedure:
Boil water in a pot. Add brown sugar and vanilla. Stir well until sugar dissolved in water
Place bananas and simmer until soft and sauce thickens
Place on a bowl and pour over the sauce
Top with crushed ice and pour evaporated milk
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| Mais con Yelo is another popular drink dessert in the Philippines due to its being inexpensive and easy to prepare |
Mais Con Yelo Ingredients:
3-4 tbsp sweet whole kernel corn
3-4 tbsp cream style corn
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
¾ cup crushed ice
½ cup milk
Procedure:
Place whole kernel sweet corn and cream style corn in a glass
Add crushed ice
Pour milk into the glass
Top with a small scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream
Mix all ingredients with a spoon
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| Sago Gulaman is considered to be one of the Philippines' flagship traditional beverage |
Sago Gulaman Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
3 cups water
Boiled sago
Cooked gulaman, cubed
Crushed ice
Syrup or Arnibal
Procedure:
Boil sago and gulaman in 3 cups of sugar and water
In a glass, put some sago and gulaman
Add enough arnibal or syrup to sweeten
Fill with ice or add ice-cold water
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| If the Americans have ice cream, the Pinoys boast on our traditional Halo-Halo |
Halo-Halo Ingredients:
Kaong
Macapuno
Langka
Monggo
Saba
Crushed ice
Sago
Nata de coco
Pinipig
Leche flan
Ube
Milk
Procedure:
Combine kaong, langka, monggo, saba, sago, nata de coco and pinipig in a tall glass or bowl
Top with crushed ice, evaporated milk, leche flan, ube, macapuno and a scoop of ice cream
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