“Ginataang halu-halo” is a Filipino food that is made from a variety of root crops with coconut milk and sugar. It is eaten during “merienda” or afternoon snack.

Here are what you need in cooking “ginataang halu-halo”:

• saging na saba
• yam (ube)
• sweet potato (kamote)
• pearl (sago)
• sugar (asukal)
• coconut milk

Below is the procedure to follow when cooking “ginataang halu-halo”:

1. Peel all root crops and banana. Then, cut them.
2. Put water and coconut milk in a pot and bring them to boil.
3. Add the sweet potato and yam.
4. Add “saging na saba” later.
5. Add pearl (Note: Boil pearl separately and mix with the other ingredients when it is already cooked).
6. Add sugar to taste.

To know if it is already cooked, take a sample of each ingredient and bite them. When the ingredients are no longer hard, that means “ginataang halu-halo” is ready to be served.