Tender sweet potatoes, juicy jackfruit, and plump bilo bilo pearls swirling in a sweet and nutty coconut sauce–ginataang bilo bilo is a dessert from the Philippines that’s amazing served warm or chilled. What’s great about ginataang bilo bilo is that it has a variety of ingredients but you can customize by adding only what you like, such as sweet potatoes, jackfruit, saba bananas, sago pearls, and rice balls. In Tagalog, ginataan means “cooked in coconut milk” and is derived from the word gata (“coconut milk”). Bilo bilo comes from the Tagalog word “bilog,” which means “round.” Ginataang bilo bilo translates to rice balls cooked in coconut milk. There are many different variations of this sweet coconut soup, whether it’s Filipino or even Vietnamese cuisine, like chè Thái or chè chuối. It’s also worth noting that there are savory ginataan stews, too. In Cebu, we have a similar dish called binignit that is a similar concept of saba bananas, taro, and pearls cooked in a coconut milk sauce. It’s eaten during holy week on Good Friday to avoid eating meat. Bilo Bilo means Chewy Rice Balls. -[https://www.hungryhuy.com/ginataan-bilo-bilo/]