Category: drinks

Sago At Gulaman Drink

All through the year filipino’s love to drink a lot, especially during the hot summers in the Philippines. A typical drink which can be found in many restaurants is Sago at

Gulaman. Sago is a tapioca starch and Gulaman is jelly. The combination of these two main ingredients are not only the main ingredients for Sago at Gulaman but also other Filipino drinks. So in order to prepare Sago at Gulaman you need the following ingredients:

• One cup of sugar
• One bar of white gulaman soaked in water and drained
• Two cups cooked sago (tapioca pearls)
• Two cups water

Cooking instructions:

Start by caremelizing the sugar in a pan. When the sugar is melted (till its golden brown) add the two cups of water and continue cooking until the sugar is comletely dissolved. Let it cool off completely and add some of the syrup to the Sago so it will get a sweet taste. Put the Sago and Gulaman in a glass and add some more syrup to make it sweeter. Pour some crushed ice in a glass and fill the glas with ice cold water

Filipino Malunggay Juice

Malunggay Juice is a juice that brings excellent medical benefits. It is said that it can cure many sicknesses if you take a glass of Malunggay juice ever morning when you wake up. It helps to increase the body resistance and immune system.
The Ingredients needed for Filipino Malunggay Juice are:
  • 5 cups malunggay leaves
  • 2 pcs pandan leaves
  • 10 cups water
  • 15 pcs calamansi
  • sugar to taste
A Typical way to prepare the Malunggay juice (drink) is:
At first you boil the malunggay leaves and pandan in 10 cups water for approximately 10 minutes. Squeeze 15 calamansi and then add in and finally sweeten the juice with sugar or honey according to taste. Serve the juice cold .