Ligwitis and Kalamayhati
Looking for something sweet and crunchy malapatan food ? Try
out the ligwitis and kalamayhati - distinctly southern
Philippines.
Ligwitis is flattened dough, rolled, cut in desired
sizes, and deep fried. Once cooked, it is filled with polvoron (fried flour
mixed with sugar - others add peanuts for more taste), and rolled in polvoron
still. This Malapatan Food is usually served as dessert, and kandulis ...
PINAKAMALAN
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| Pinakamalan |
Another of those Malapatan foods of Maguindanaon origin usually served
on special occasions like kanduli here in the place called the last
frontier of the Maguindanaon culture, Malapatan, is the dish called pinakamalan. It is beef meat cut in bite sizes
(others prefer finely chopped), mixed with cubed potatoes and carrots,
garnished with chopped onions and green chili / pepper, and topped with palapa (coconut meat fry-dried, another
Maguindanaon dish). As with most of Maguindanaon malapatan foods I have tasted so far, its spicy hot,
chunky to the bite,
