Article Review I - Sweetness is Joy Choosing a Perfect Dessert by Nikita Verma

Title: Sweetness is Joy Choosing a Perfect Dessert

Reference: http://www.sooperarticles.com/food-drinks-articles/desserts-articles/sweetness-joy-choosing-perfect-dessert-1069494.html

The only thing which can make us crazy can be anything sweet. It maybe a simple ice cream or a spoon full of honey, these are the things which can tingle our taste buds. – Nikita Verma

As Nikita Verma said on the article title, sweetness is joy choosing a perfect dessert. The blogger describe the people that is naturally sweet lovers and sweets are stress relievers too. 

At the second paragraph, she referred that most of the desserts cannot be done without eggs, but some of the Indian and Western recipes can be finished without putting eggs in it. As I noticed, most of our pinoy desserts like fruit salad doesn't need eggs as well. So I think, Nikita had a good observation about the egg part. For us Filipinos, eggs are just used the most for desserts which is pastries. 

Kids are really the primary fans of sweets and desserts. Even me, I start being a fan of these sweets when I was little. And this is Nikita Verma's observation as well. She confirmed that most of the recipes for sweets and desserts are adopted from Indian and Westernian.

Sweets is the best for all people it changes our mood and for me it gives colors and make livelier into our life. For the past 15 years I’m so fall in love with the sweet food and different kinds of dessert because whenever i ate sweets especially my favourite ones it completes my day and I feel I’m in heaven.

Buko Pandan

Buko Pandan is one of the popular and enticing desserts in our country. As the site Panlasang Pinoy said, it is merely mistaken as buko salad because of the same texture and almost the same ingredients just added by a gelatin flavored by pandan leaves.

As for me, I will eventually try making recipe for this specific pinoy dessert. I am now reading lots of reviews and recipes that this is one of the favorites as well. 

I'm surely can make a great review after creating and tasting my own buko pandan. :)

photo by Dolly T. Dy-Zulueta

Here is the recipe of

How to make a Buko Pandan Salad by Chrissy Balatbat

Serves 10  Prep Time 30 minutes plus refrigeration time for the gelatin to set  
Cooking Time 10 minutes

10 to 12 pandan leaves or 1/2 teaspoon pandan flavoring
7 cups water
3 (90-gram) packets clear unflavored gulaman 
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
green food coloring
2 (600-gram) cans chilled all-purpose cream 
1/2 cup condensed milk  
2 tablespoons grated cheese
pinch of salt
2 cups tapioca (sago)
1 1/2 cups nata de coco, drained
1 can lychees, drained and halved
5 coconuts (buko), grated and drained for 1 hour (choose coconut meat that is thick but tender)

1  Prepare pandan juice by boiling the pandan leaves in the water for 15 to 20 minutes. Strain and set aside.

2  Dissolve clear unflavored gulaman and sugar in 6 cups pandan juice. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add almond extract and green food coloring. Pour into a rectangular pyrex bowl and cool to set. When firm, cut into medium-size cubes. Set aside.

3  Mix cream, condensed milk, cheese, and salt in a bowl.

4  Add the sago, nata de coco, lychees, pandan gelatin, and buko. Add buko last so as not to make the salad mixture watery. Adjust sweetness to taste, adding more condensed milk if desired.

5  Refrigerate before serving.

Credits to:

http://panlasangpinoy.com/

http://www.herword.com/pantry/main.php?id=buko_pandan

We all love desserts

Desserts , as defined by Merriam-Webster, usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry or ice cream) usually served at the end of a meal. Most of the people do love Desserts. It is always the most mouth watering piece in an occasion table and kids do wait for it to. As for me, I am one of the sweet lovers so I decided to make this blog site and I am sure that this pages can help most of us especially those sweet lovers too.

I am Mary Keziah Servidad, 16 years old and have lots of love for sweets. Since I was a tot, I enjoy eating delectable sweets and even a simple ice cream can make my day. Grew up in a Filipino race, I always see my parents, aunts and my elder sister how to make this simple Filipino desserts. I am only 12 years old when I made my first fruit salad.  As I start gathering different experiences and ways how to make some of the desserts, I will use this blog site for my research paper. 

photo sources: 

http://wallpapers.pixxp.com/21__Summer_Desserts.htm
http://pinoycravings.com/2008/09/creamified-tropical-fruit-cocktail/