Binangkal Recipe
by yuri
What is Binangkal? Binangkal is a native doughnut from Mindanao and Visayas, but also commonly found in most homegrown neighborhood bakeries or panaderias in the Philippines. It’s especially popular in Cebu as a snack school kids can bring. Unlike most fried and fluffy donuts, binangkal bread is chewy, making it the perfect pair with sesame seeds. The sesame seed’s nutty flavor is released with every bite and chew of the golden brown hard-crisp crust. Binangkal gets its name after how these fried spherical donuts are shaped similarly to the fruits of the Nauclea orientalis tree, locally called “bangkal.” The tree’s fruits are also irregularly round, rough textured, and when partially opened, resembled the cracked part of binangkal.
December 17, 2024
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup cornstarch
3/4 Cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons salted butter
1 large egg
1/2 Cup evaporated milk
1/2 Cup sesame seeds,
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Mix well.
In a separate bowl mix together milk, melted butter, and egg. Mix well.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Mix well to form a dough.
Scoop a tablespoon mixture to form a ball and roll it into the sesame seeds.
Prepare oil in a pan for deep frying. Make sure the oil is hot before putting the dough.
Deep fry until golden brown.