Description
Ginataang Kamoteng Kahoy ay Saging is a Filipino snack popular in the Bicol region where cassava and saba bananas are simmered until tender in coconut milk with palm sugar.
Ingredients
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- 400 g cassava / yucca, peeled, cleaned and sliced into 2-inch sections
- 6 pcs saba banana, sliced into sections
- 3 cups coconut milk
- 150 g palm sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a pot pour coconut milk then add cassava and palm sugar, bring it to a boil then simmer in medium heat, cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the saba bananas the cook for 5 more minutes.
- Add the salt, bring heat to high. Let the coconut milk reduce and thicken, this will take around 3-4 minutes. Once it starts to thicken the sauce will become shiny as it will render oil, if it is in that stage then your ginataan is ready, the sauce should not be runny, it should be thick and coats the bananas and cassava.
- Turn the heat off and serve.