How To Make Bukayo –This food is a very traditional dessert
in the Philippines.
It is made out of grated young coconut combined with brown sugar. Bukayo
technically is a caramelized coconut but like other dishes, world chefs found
ways and procedures how to make versions of this sweet Bukayo thing. There are
many flavorings that can be used with like maple syrup, vanilla, langka
flavoring and many more. But the traditional version of Bukayo is just using no
other flavorings but brown sugar or the sugar caramel.
There are many types of
sugar caramel here in the Philippines
but the very popular is the tagapulot
and the sinuklob. In this recipe I am
going to share with you, we are going to use brown sugar because sugar caramels
are not that easy to find in some other places. If you can not find young
coconut, you may use the mature one but the young coconut for me is the best in
making Bukayo. If by any chance you want to use macapuno, that would be okay
just figure out the adjustment you would make there because the textures of
coconut and macapuno are different. Here is my way how to make Bukayo:
HOW TO MAKE BUKAYO
Ingredients
1 large size young coconut (grated)
2 cups of brown sugar
1 cup of water
1 teaspoon of any flavoring syrup you want (just one kind)
Cooking Procedure
- Combine all the ingredients in a pan except the coconut.
- Cook in low heat while thoroughly stirring until the sugar turns thick.
- Add the Coconut and stir until the sugar turns caramelized.
- Let it rest before putting into a dishware.
- Refrigirate before serving.
I think this looks yummy however my husband which hates coconut says yuck. Do you have to use fresh coconut or can you use the shredded kind? I don't have access to fresh coconuts.
ReplyDeleteim sorry ms.angel, it took so long for me to reply. and yes you can use the shredded kind. thanks for your good question. happy cooking!
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