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nilupak na saging recipe

Nilupak na Saging

A simple Filipino snack made mashing/pounding a saba banana and mixing it with coconut milk and sugar before molding them
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 15 to 20 unripe saba bananas
  • ½ cup condensed milk
  • 1 piece grated coconut
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons margarine
  • Sugar to taste
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons ground peanuts

Instructions
 

  • Boil the unripe bananas until tender.
  • While boiling, grate young coconut.
  • Check if the unripe bananas are already fork-tender. When soft, peel them one by one.
  • Crush roasted peanuts using mortar and pestle.
  • Grab the lusong. Add some of the banana peels and then mash them. Use the mashed peels to wipe the lusong.
  • Add the boiled bananas in small batches and then pound them aggressively.
  • Add some margarine or butter, grated coconut, condensed milk and sugar to taste (I used brown sugar). Mash again until they are well combined. Add the crushed peanuts and then pound until you get a sticky mixture.
  • When you achieve the right stickiness, scoop some of the mixture and roll into a ball. Flatten them gently and then transfer to a banana leaf. Do this with the rest of the mixture.
  • Brush each of the nilupak na saging with margarine on top. Sprinkle some ground peanuts and grated coconut