kasoy / kasúy

June 19, 2015 by Nastasha Alli in Ingredient Spotlight

Also known as cashews. In Tagalog, the cashew nut is also called balubad, and in Ilokano the nut is called balogo.

pili

March 14, 2015 by Nastasha Alli in Ingredient Spotlight

A nut closest to the macadamia in flavour and texture, pili nuts are grown as a year-round crop primarily in the Bicol region of Visayas province.