Champorado (Chocolate Gruel)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup rice
• 5 cups water
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut, roasted, finely ground
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

Procedure

• Boil rice into 4 cups water.

• Melt cocoa in 1 cup of water.

• Add melted cocoa, sugar and peanuts to cooked rice.

• Boil for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly to thicken porridge.

• Add evaporated milk before serving.

Good for 6 to 8 persons. 1 cup per serving.

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Fruit Gulaman Delight

Ingredients

• 1 bar gulaman (agar)
• 2 teaspoons honey or molasses or 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup fruit juice, unsweetened
• 2 cups water
• Fruits (grapes, mangoes, pineapple, bananas, apples)

Procedure

• Boil gulaman in water until dissolved. Remove from fire.

• Add fruit juice and honey or substitute.

• Strain as mixture is poured into a mold. (Let it gel.)

After straining, add any of the following:

• 6 slices medium-size ripe mangoes (cubed or diced)

• 42 pieces medium-size grapes (halved)

• 1/2 small pineapple (sliced crosswise, blanched)

• 3 small apples (stripped)

• 3 big bananas (sliced crosswise).

• Chill until firm.

Good for 6 to 10 persons. 1 slice per serving.

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