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Meranao Snacks Are As Delicious As You Can Imagine

Meranao snacks are as delicious as with the rest of the Philippines but they’ve never really gone into wide appreciation especially from the Meranao community. Nibbling snacks is a daily and filling affair among Filipinos. And the Meranaos are no exceptions to this. In fact, their appetite for it is as huge as their kitchen full of sweet goodies. Locally called “mamis”, this bunch of sweet snacks is characterized by wicked use of cassava, banana, and coconut in an overload of sugary variations. 

(Photos are from traveltrilogy.com) 

One of these delicious snacks from Meranao brothers are the Tiateg, Dodol, and Broa. Eating Tiateg feels like eating fried wire mesh because of how it looks like but Tiateg is actually a medley of rice flour, egg and coco milk. It is perforated to create all those tiny holes. It is deep-fried and once cooled, it is dowsed in syrup and rolled. Of course! I know this snack Dodol is something familiar with you, Dodol is the icon of all Maranao confections. It is made from sticky rice flour, coconut milk, and jaggery or traditional raw sugar from sugarcane. Dodol takes about 8 hours of nonstop stirring to keep it from burning and to maintain its thick and no-stick consistency. While it’s everywhere in Lanao del Sur, the best that I’ve tasted are the ones with durian from Masiu, I suggested you should try it too! Lastly, the Broa, if you were to give a present from Lanao del Sur, I suggest you should buy boxes of broa! This delicious snack is no stranger to any foodie, coming in with different names like broa, ladyfinger cookie or sponge biscuit. In Lanao del Sur, especially the Saguiaran version comes in spongy but compact bite-size cakes and not the crunchy cookie type. It is best paired with tea or coffee. 

The Meranao brothers truly love sweet snacks! Forget about the other sweet snacks because theirs are more delicious and just perfect on their own. It is just sad to say that there are only a few non-Merano knew about this, but I just wished that everyone could taste it too!