This refreshing drink is easy to prepare using store-bought ingredients. Some notes: Red gelatin or gulaman can be purchased ready-made or made from scratch using a box of red unflavored gulaman (just follow package instructions). To make sugar syrup, mix together one part water and one part sugar and bring to a boil until syrupy.
Serves 1 Prep Time 8 minutes
3 teaspoons small sago or tapioca
3 teaspoons ready-made cubed red gulaman
1 jig sugar syrup
1/4 cup instant gata
(To make fresh gata, click How to Make Homemade Gata and Kakang Gata)
1/4 cup water
1 cup crushed rice
1 teaspoon toasted pinipig
1 In a tall dessert glass, place small sago or tapioca, ready-made cubed red gulaman, syrup, and gata diluted in water.
2 Add crushed ice.
3 Top with 1 teaspoon toasted pinipig and serve at once.
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