Shaved Ice with Fruit, Beans and Ice Cream (Palau Halo-Halo)

Halo-halo is a beloved dessert in many places in Asia. It is actually pronounced (hollow-hollow). Halo-halo is a perfect treat on a warm tropical day. It is both sweet and savoury. You can purchase all the ingredients separately or do what I did and buy a jar of halo-halo from my local Asian market or you can find it here on Amazon. I deconstructed the ingredients from the jar and then placed them over the bowl of shaved ice, topped with sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk. The ingredients are typically sweetened red beans, coco de nata, macpuna strings, jackfruit and ice cream. Sometimes other fruits like mango are also included.

1 cup shaved ice
1 Tbsp. sweetened condensed milk
2 Tbsp. evaporated milk
1 Tbsp. sweetened red mung beans
2 Tbsp. Coco de Nata
1 Tbsp. macapuno
1 Tbsp. jackfruit in syrup
1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Put shaved ice in a bowl

Pour over the sweetened condensed milk and then the evaporated milk.

Arrange the rest of the ingredients on the ice and then put the scoop vanilla ice Cream in the middle.

Please note you can get all the ingredient in a jar of halo-halo except for the shaved ice, milk and ice cream. I found it cheaper to buy a bottle of halo-halo than to buy each item individually.

Makes 1 serving.