SIKWATE

SIKWATE 

Turn your good morning into great one by serving breakfast with delicious puto (sticky rice), mango, and a rich hot Sikwate. Sikwate, as we call it in our hometown is a staple chocolate drink made of locally produced pure cacao tableya, water, sugar, and milk (optional). “Tableya” is from a pure sun dried locally produced cacao beans, roasted, and ground, it will come out sticky and aromatic, is then formed into balls and flattened out to make a tablet, then allow to air dry to harden.

Sikwate is a Cebuano local version of hot chocolate, pronounced as “sik-wah-teh”. First you need to boil the water in a special pot, add tableya, and then frothed using a batirol, a wooden instrument that is rolled between the hands to release the cocoa butter and produce froth. Sugar and milk are then added, resulting in a sweet, smooth hot chocolate drink, this is great with puto maya, pan de sal, suman, and many others.