{{short description|Class of traditional Filipino delicacies}} {{Redirect|Lubilubi|the traditional Filipino children's game|Lubi-Lubi}} {{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Nilupak | image = 220px | image_size = 220px | caption = ''Nilupak na ube'' (purple yam), ''kamoteng kahoy'' (cassava), and ''saba'' (plantain) | alternate_name = Nilusak, halaya, haleya, minukmok | country = Philippines | region = Batangas, Quezon, Calabarzon | creator = | course = Dessert | served = | main_ingredient = | variations = | similar_dish = | calories = | other = }}
'''Nilupak''' is a class of traditional Filipino delicacies made from mashed or pounded starchy foods mixed with coconut milk (or condensed milk and butter) and sugar. They are molded into various shapes and traditionally served on banana leaves with toppings of grated young coconut (''buko''), various nuts, cheese, butter, or margarine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak |url=https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/nilupak/ |website=Kawaling Pinoy |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak Recipe |url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/nilupak-recipe/ |website=Panlasang Pinoy |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak Recipe (Mashed Cassava) |url=https://recipenijuan.com/nilupak-recipe/ |website=Recipe ni Juan |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak with Pili (Cassava with Pili Nuts) Recipe |url=https://www.yummy.ph/recipe/nilupak-with-pili-cassava-recipe |website=Yummy.ph |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref> It is also known as '''nilusak''', '''linusak''', '''niyubak''', '''linupak''', or '''lubi-lubi''', among many other names, in the various languages of the Philippines. It is also known as '''minukmok''' in Quezon.
==Names== The term ''nilupak'' means "mashed" or "pounded", from the Tagalog verb ''lupak'', "to pound [into a pulp] (with a mortar and pestle)". It is also known as ''nilusak'' in Visayan regions with the same meaning.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak na Kamoteng Kahoy |url=https://lizalyndalaodao845509895.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/nilupak-na-kamoteng-kahoy/ |website=Kitchen Delight a la Liza |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak |url=http://www.pinoyhapagkainan.com/nilupak/ |website=Hapagkainan |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cheesey Nilupak de Balinghoy |url=https://www.atbp.ph/2016/07/02/cheesy-nilupak-de-balinghoy/ |website=Atbp.ph |access-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805214448/https://www.atbp.ph/2016/07/02/cheesy-nilupak-de-balinghoy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were traditionally pounded in large stone or wood mortar and pestle.
In Philippine Spanish, ''nilupak'' was known as ''jalea'' ("jam"), which became spelled as ''halaya'', ''haleya'', or ''halea'' in the native languages. This term is especially used for ''nilupak na ube'', which is now more commonly known as ''ube halaya''. Generally, however, the term ''nilupak'' is reserved for the variants made with mashed cassava or saba bananas. While the variants made from ube (purple yam) is known as ''halaya''. Variants made from sweet potato and taro can be known as either ''halaya'' or ''nilupak''. Regardless, ''nilupak'' and ''halaya'' are prepared identically, varying only in their main ingredients.<ref name="luweeh">{{cite web |title=NILUPAK na UBE at GABI |url=http://luweehskitchentokyo.blogspot.com/2014/11/nilupak-na-ube-at-gabi.html |website=Tagalog Kitchen |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="aia">{{cite web |title=How to make Nilupak – Cassava-Coconut Rice Cakes |url=https://www.asianinamericamag.com/2017/11/make-nilupak-cassava-coconut-rice-cakes/ |website=Asian in America |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nilupak Recipe |url=https://www.pinoyrecipe.net/nilupak-recipe/ |website=Pinoy Recipe At Iba Pa |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref>
==Types== Types of nilupak include the following:
* Calabaza - known as ''halayang kalabasa'', "squash halaya", or "pumpkin jam". * Cassava - known as ''nilupak na balinghoy'' or ''nilupak na kamoteng kahoy'' * Saba banana - known as ''nilupak na saging'', ''nilupak na saba'', or ''linuyang'' * Sweet potato - known as ''camote halaya'', ''nilupak na camote'', "camote delight", or "sweet potato jam". * Taro corms - known as ''nilupak na gabi''; a notable variant is ''binagol'' and it may also be mixed with ube to make ''nilupak na ube at gabi'' * Ube - known more commonly as ''ube halaya'', "ube jam", or ''nilupak na ube''
==See also== * Cassava cake * Pitsi-pitsi * Poi * Suman * Ube halaya
==References== {{reflist|40em}}
{{Philippine cuisine}}
Category:Philippine desserts