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Lubi-Lubi Batac
Batac heritage sweet of cassava, saba banana, coconut milk, and brown sugar cooked until thick and fragrant.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 10
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Ingredients
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Method
- Use a reputable packaged grated sweet-cassava product specifically labelled for this type of cooked dish and complete all label-directed preparation before mixing. Do not substitute fresh or bitter cassava; if the package does not give suitable directions, choose another product.
- Mash the ripe saba until mostly smooth and combine with cassava and grated coconut.
- Warm coconut milk, sugar, salt, and butter in a heavy pan until dissolved.
- Add the cassava-banana mixture and cook over medium-low heat, stirring and folding constantly.
- Continue 25–35 minutes until the cassava turns translucent, the raw aroma disappears, and the mixture pulls from the pan.
- Press into a banana-leaf-lined tray or spoon into small leaf packets.
- Steam the tray or packets for 15 minutes to finish the centre and deepen the leaf aroma.
- Cool until set, top with latik if desired, and cut into pieces.
