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Ube Pandesal 1

Ube Pandesal

Can’t get enough of ube? We had seen this humble Filipino root crop become really popular nowadays. Filipinos all over the world try to incorporate this purple wonder in many things like sinigang, pancake, empanadas, macaroons and doughnuts to name some, while I tried most of them there is one...

Ube Loaf 1

Ube Loaf

I always love the Asian Red Bean swirl loaf, picking those sections where the red bean paste are is a part of the trill in eating them. It is like getting those crispy bits on a fried fish, hunting for that pork fat on pork and beans or going for...

Sinigang sa Ube 1

Sinigang sa Ube

Sinigang sa Ube as the name suggest is a type of sinigang where ube is used instead of the usual taro, this then changes the soups colour to have a purple tint and adding a funny but good texture of ube to the dish making it slightly creamy and tones...

Ube Mamon 1

Ube Mamon

Ube Mamon is a type of mini sponge cake made eggs and ube, a combination of two Filipino merienda favourites, the ube and mamon. Ube Mamon is a type of mini sponge cake made eggs and ube, a combination of two Filipino merienda favourites, the ube and mamon. Ube for...

Copycat KC Turon 3

Copycat KC Turon

Copycat KC Turon is a type of turon popularized by Kanin Club and is prepared with saba banana, ube halaya, sweetened red bean and macapuno. Honestly when I go to Philippines for a vacation Kanin Club is one of the first places that I will try, they brighten and give...

Ube Cassava Cake 1

Ube Cassava Cake

Ube Cassava Cake is a type of kakanin in the Philippines made out of ube (purple yam) and cassava (tapioca) baked with coconut milk and sugar. I have some leftover ube and cassava in the freezer and was thinking what to do with them, initially I was thinking of making two...

Puto Ube 1

Puto Ube

Puto Ube like most puto is a steamed cake that can either be made with rice flour or just the usual all-purpose flour, it is easy to distinguish compared to most due to its vibrant purple colour coming from its main ingredient called ube or purple yam. Puto Ube like...

Ube Pancake with Macapuno

Popular recipes that uses ube or purple yam include ube cake, ube ice cream, ube candies and ube halaya to name some but have you tried ube pancakes? Ube is a type of root crop specifically a yam that has a distinct purple colour, similar to taro and sweet potato...

Ube Ice Cream 1

Ube Ice Cream

Ube Ice Cream, this ice cream is one of the best sellers in the Philippines due to its unique taste that suits well to the Filipino palate as well as it common use in a dessert called Halo Halo. Here I am posting another common Filipino ice cream mostly unknown...

Ube Halaya

This vibrant purple coloured dessert is popular in the Philippines during Christmas, a concotion simply made with grated purple yam cooked with coconut milk, condensed milk and evaporated milk until thick and dense in consistency Ube Halaya is a type of Philippine dessert made out of purple yam mixed with...