Previously, I cooked the pearls in the coconut milk, but I ended up having to cook the ginataang bilo bilo too long and the starch in the pearls turned the coconut milk too thick. By precooking the pearls in a pot of boiling water, it helped the consistency of my ginataang bilo bilo....
The bottom line: Ube (a.k.a. purple sweet potato) is a versatile, flavorful, and healthy root veggie you can eat on its own or add to all sorts of baked goods. Christine Yu Christine Yu is an award-winning journalist and author of the book Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of...