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Because it’s Holy Week, I’m posting this easy Binignit Recipe just in case you need a guide. If real life had an algorithm similar to social media, you could say that this delicious Pinoy dessert would go viral every Holy Week.
Almost every household around the country, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, would get busy cooking and preparing this thick and sweet root crop stew. My FB newsfeed has been flooded with Binignit posts since yesterday! And why not? What’s not to love about binignit? It’s the earth’s sweet bounty in a bowl.
Very similar to Ginataang Bilo Bilo only that instead of the bilo-bilo, the root crops take center stage on this one.
This Binignit Recipe is pretty much straight forward because most Pinoy desserts really are that simple to make. You can cook this in one pot and minus the coconut milk and cream extraction (if you want to do it the old school way like I did) it’s just a matter of chopping the ingredients and dropping them into the pot.
Binignit Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1/2 kilo yellow sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 10 pcs ripe plantains sliced
- 1 pc purple yam peeled and cubed
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup cooked tapioca
Instructions
- Place root crops in a large cooking pot
- Add coconut milk and water and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stir occasionally
- Add coconut milk and water and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stir occasionally
- Bring to a boil then simmer over low heat for 15-20 mins or until root crops and plantains are tender and cooked and sago translucent
- Add brown sugar and mix to dissolve
- Add coconut cream, mix well
- Cover and continue to cook until it comes to an almost boil, mix well then remove from heatServe warm or chilled
Notes
Got additional Binignit Recipe tips for me? Share them in the comments!
“This recipe has been selected to be part of the Meatless Recipes for Lent campaign as part of the Easter celebration of the global educational publisher Twinkl“
A family lifestyle blogger who left her corporate job in Cebu for a slower life in Iligan City, Philippines. Healthline – Best Mom Blogs 2017, ESCooped – Cebu’s Top Family Blogger 2016, Top 10 Blogs Voice Boks Comedy Edition, Bloggys 2015 – Finalist, Family and Relationships Category, featured on BlogHer.com and HumorWriters.org. Jhanis also works as a Freelance Writer/Content Creator and manages a small farm house decor business when she’s not taking naps.
Laking probinsya here and top on the list ang binignit ❤️ Love ko yung maraming root crops and of course ripe saging na saba.
Saving this up, lami ni kaayo not just for Holy week ❤️
Momsh ang sarap naman po nyan! Salamat pos a pagshare ng recipe… Kahit di po Lenten Season masarap syang merienda. Hindi ko pa po natitikman yan pero parang same din po nung version namin na Bilo Bilo.