Inang Daling's Guinatan

The ingredients

sticky rice balls

coconut milk,rice flour,sugar,water,pandan leaves

small tapioca pearls

Good hot or chilled!!

My grandma Inang Daling version of guinatan.We used to roll the sticky flour into small tiny balls as kids,all the cousins played with the dough like a playdough. The dirty ones get thrown out of course in the trash bin. She put saba,ube,sweet potatoes,gabi,jackfruit,pandan leaves,sago(tapioca balls),bilobilo and freshly grated coconut milk from our garden.Well,my version of guinatan is good  but not quite the same taste like my grand ma.Finally, went to the nearby Asian store((2hours drive)I noticed some purple sweet potatoes from Maui bought some of that and frozen jackfruits,frozen pandanus leaves and powdered glutinous rice flour and here I go cooking them,yummy comfort food!

1-saba bananas or the Latin bananas (plantain)
2-small Maui purple sweet potatoes(peeled and diced)
1-small orange sweet potatoes(peeled and diced)
5-thawed jackfruits
1-can of coconut mil(13.66 fl. oz)
21/2 cans of water(use the coconut milk can as measuring cup)
2c. of sugar(adjust it to your liking)
2 thawed pandan leaves
1/4c.small  tapioca pearls
1c. glutinous rice flour for the bilobilo(green writing) plus 3/4c. more for the the guinatan


For the sticky rice balls:

-Mix 1c. glutinous rice flour with a little water until it forms into a sticky dough,add water by tablespoon,roll into desired size and set aside on a plate.

For the Guinatan:
-In a medium size stock pot mix a can of coconut milk,2c. sugar,3/4c. glutinous rice flour,21/2 cans of water,and pandan leaves mix and simmer,stirring constantly so no lumpy guinatan.
-add all the sweet potatoes and the sticky rice balls,and tapioca pearls,stir and cook until the sweet potataoes are fork tender.Add Jackfruits and bananas,adjust the sweetness,add more sugar if you want.