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Kalamay

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Kalamay is a sticky sweet made from coconut milk, brown sugar and ground glutinous rice, eaten as a standalone confection or used as a sweetener in other Filipino dishes and drinks, with optional flavorings such as margarine, peanut butter or vanilla. It originates in the Philippines, particularly the Visayas and Luzon, where its production has been documented since the Spanish colonial period; the word kalamay itself means sugar in several Visayan languages. It is a popular pasalubong, or homecoming gift, with regional variants such as the Bohol version sold inside halved coconut shells sealed with red crepe paper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 1
Origin Region
Philippines 2
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1. Kalamay (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamay (dietary-suitability)
    It is made of coconut milk, brown sugar, and ground glutinous rice.
  • Uses Ingredient: Brown Sugar, Infobox main_ingredient field: Coconut milk, glutinous rice, brown sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Coconut Milk, Infobox main_ingredient field: Coconut milk, glutinous rice, brown sugar
  • In Cuisine: Filipino Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Kalamay (also spelled calamay, literally 'sugar') is a sticky sweet that is known in many regions of the Philippines.
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2. Kalamay (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Philippines
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Philippines
Philippines
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