Cooking is fun especially when we tend to try different ways of cooking for a food.
Cassava is a root vegetable or tuber that is starchy. It can be cooked in different ways from boiling, steaming, frying and even baking. It's parts can be cook in different ways too because it leaves can be cook as vegetable too.
Starch can also be made from it that's why we have some cassava starch in the market.
One time, we had a great afternoon in the garden because we harvested bananas and cassava.
My son requested to cook something out of cassava but what he requested takes long time before we could eat and taste it. So I suggests that we will cook budbod, suman or alupi (a different names from different dialects of Philippines). Every Filipino for sure knows about it.
So for everyone to understand I will just call or name this as CASSAVA ROLLS WRAPPED WITH BANANA LEAVES.
Budbod as we locally call it is one of the Filipino delicacies. This is perfect for merienda and this is also perfect to be paired with your morning coffee, tea or chocolate drink.
There are different ingredients being used in cooking it depending on your preferences but the common ingredients are cassava and sugar.
For today's blog I will share to you what we used and how we cooked it. Without further ado, read on.
INGREDIENTS
Cassava tuber (So sorry, I really forgot to weigh it because we are so excited to cook it)
4 tablespoons cassava (we just estimate it depending on our cassava)
1 can evaporated milk (Coconut milk is the original ingredient)
Dark chocolate chips
Young banana leaves to be used as wrapper
PROCEDURE
Step 1. Peel and wash cassava.
Step 2. Grate the cassava. We just use manual grater made from a thin sheet. Extra careful is needed so your hands won't get into the grater and you won't accidentally grate your own hands.
Step 3. Remove it's juice. We just use clean fabric net to remove the juice. We put the grated cassava in the fabric and then press it until the cassava juice was removed.
It looks like this after removing it's juice.
Step 4.Break those cassava being formed through pressing and make them free from sticking with each other.
Step 5. You can now add the brown sugar. I didn't give measurement because we just estimate the sugar depending on our cassava. You can also add more sugar if you life it more sweeter. It will depend on your own sweetness preference.
Step 6. We are supposed to add coconut milk BUT we don't have it. So, instead of coconut milk, we try to experiment by using one can evaporated milk. This is used to make the cassava mixture a little bit wet.
Mix them well and our cassava, sugar and evaporated milk will be ready for wrapping. Set aside it first while we prepare our young banana leaves for wrapping.
How to prepare the young banana leaves for wrapping?
We get young banana leaves. We remove it from it's stalk. Then, cut them according to the desired size you want. We cut it about six inches wide.
We then prepare a boiled water.
Dip the cut banana leaves in the boiling or hot water for a few seconds until the leaves become tender and it won't be cut when we fold it.
Dry the banana leaves using a dry cloth and it will be ready for wrapping.
Now let's make cassava rolls and wrap it with banana leaves.
Step 7. Put atleast two tablespoons of cassava mixture on the banana leaf. Spread it enough that we can still fold the banana leaves in both ends.
Step 8. We put four to five dark chocolate chips in the middle that serves as filling and other additional ingredients.
It wasn't in the original plan but remembering those dark chocolate chips given by my younger brother we try to add some.
Step 9. Roll the cassava on the banana leaf until it reaches to the bottom.
Fold both end enough that it won't spread again.
As usual my son is always curious about something. He wanted to try to roll the cassava so his father taught him how to do it.
Until he try to roll the cassava by himself and he is so happy that he did it and finished one roll with the help of his father.
Step 10. We get two of them and tie their both ends to avoid water for getting in and then we put it in the casserole. Put water, atleast 1/2 or 3/4 of the casserole.
Step 11. Boil them for 40-45 minutes until it is tender.
At last, our CASSAVA ROLLS WRAPPED WITH BANANA LEAVES are now ready to be served.
Let's eat.
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Omg I've never tasted that before. I also have not even thought of making any! If only meron din dito dahon ng saging eh. Hahaha.
Talaga sis di mo pa natry? Kami Bata pa kami Isa ito sa binibinta namin, ilalako sa buong Barangay early morning pang kape nila hehehe
Siguro natikman ko n? D ko alam eh. Haha. Suman lng alam ko. 😆
Other call it suman too pero Sabi din nila Ang suamn talaga is Yung puti na malagkit na rice Ang gamit.
Yeah yun lng alam ko, suman ung white. Hehe
Hi @jenthoughts
This recipe is great, excelent. Banana leaves certainly add great flavor to this dessert.
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Oh so sorry about it. Next time I will take a picture of myself. In this blog only my husband and my son are in the picture because I am the one who took it. I don't have atleast one picture while we prepare this. Please forgive me now. Next time I will add my picture too.
Thank you for the reminder and thank you for understanding.
OMG!!! Ganyan pala yung process nya ate. Madalas akong nabili nyan at yan na din minsna ang almusal ko. Iniisip ko dati kung ano yung chocolate sa gitna nya, yun pala ang ginagamit. It looks delicious, too. Salamat sa recipe mo ate.
Basic or I mean makalumang way yang ginawa namin. Yung iba ngayon automatic na Ang pag grate Ng cassava. Yang chocolate filling, sa Amin lang Yan trying to experiment may chocolate kasi na available pero usually Ang palaman Nyan ay bukhayo tawag namin, Yung coconut na di pa talaga mature na niluto with sugar. Special na talaga if ganoon.
This is my favorite Te Jen! Matrabaho lang talaga gawin sya pero kung may time and effort talaga na madalas wala ako gagawin ko to.
Wala lang makitang nagbebenta ng ganito sa area namin :( katakam naman haha
Yes tp this really needs an effort. Kadalasan Dito sa Bahay this is one of our family bonding inside the house yung magluto Ng mga kakanin. My husband mahilig magluto as long as May maluto hehehe, si sam2 Naman excited kapag may mga ganito kasi he will experience and learn too.
Nakauwi kami from garden that time medyo madilim na, while nagluto Ako Ng hapunan so husband nagstart na magprepare nito. Umabot kami Ng 10pm Bago nakatulog pati si sam2 kasi hinintay talaga na maluto Ang budbod hehehe
Sayang Wala Ng nagbibinta Nyan dyan.
Miss ko na ang ganitong pagkain, sana makapagtanim ako nito.
If Wala kang tanim na cassava, you can buy some at the market Naman.
Try ko maghanap sa market, pero kasi mas gusto ko meron akong sariling tanim para mas tipid.
Sabagay korek ka dyan. So plant now para may maharvest na pagdating Ng araw.
Ah ito pla yung budbod. Ira-id tawag namin jan.. Yung suman naman ay yung sticky rice wrapped with banana leaves
Ira-id? Ngayon lang Ako nakarinig sa term hehehe.
Yes suman din Yung sticky rice Ang laman, Ewan ko ba nalilito Ako sa Pinoy ang daming term hehehe.
Dialect namin waray2. Yan tawag jan.
Ah okay waray ka pala sis?
😍 picture pa lang ang sarap na. Wow sis ang galing naman, you know lots of yummy recipes.
Natutunan ko lang din sa parents ko sis. We used to cook and sell it during my childhood days. Naalala ko pa, tag 1.00 lang Yan dati.
Suman ang tawag samin neto ate. Sarap po niyan lalo.po kapag may kape 😘 Thank you for sharing po! I will try to make some po 🤗
Yes suman, budbod or alupi. Kahit Dito sa place namin paiba2 Ang tawag Ng mga tao. Hayys nakakalito talaga Ang ibat ibang dialect Ng Pinoy hehehe