The Real “Buko” Salad
Buko salad in Davao
When I’m in my hometown, Davao, I can’t think more about anything but food. It’s one thing I missed the most when I’m away. Like this young coconut salad which we fondly call “buko” salad. I remember we used to shred the coconut meat and put it in a container to make buko salad. But now it can be mixed in its shell and it’s ready to eat. It’s fresher than when it’s refrigerated. Moreover, the fruits stay fresh, too. This buko salad have bits of mango, honey melon, papaya, banana and pineapple. And drops of milk to go with the fresh juice of the buko. Love it!
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Marlene is a teacher by profession holding a degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education. She works as a Mother Language Teacher in Sweden. She is a Filipina married to a Swede. She has been blogging since 2007 and she and her hubby own quite a number of websites. Connect with Marlene on Google+Subscribe
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Yum! This looks really good, I love buko salad.
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Pie, thanks for dropping by. I really appreciate it.
Yes, it tastes good, too…
Here in manila, a popular dessert named Buko Halo-halo is being sold in Malls. I really love eating them. The concept is the same as above. The difference is the ingredients. They put ingredients of a special halu halo but using the coconut shell at its container.
yummy!
Oh may gas, buko salad is my fave. Hindi ganito ang buko salad sa Cebu, sineshred sya at nilalagay sa ibang container. I like this idea na ilalagay sa mismong buko. Ang sarap tingnan!
Kumusta, Marlene? Im back!!!
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Reese, oo nga eh. Ngayon ko lang din nakita ito dito sa Davao. Mas masarap kesa sa dating paraan ng paggawang buko salad.
Uy! I can’t wait to read your story after sa hiatus mode mo. Welcome back!
Yum! Pahingi naman? Galaway ko duh!
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Joy, makalaway jud no? One of my favorites kasi ang buko.
I wish that salad to be couriered. Possible ?
Hahaa! But I think you have coconut trees in your place. You can try it some time.
ay nang-iinggit, sarap ah authentic buko salad
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Hehee, sariling-atin yan!
Hey Marlene, this sounds appetizing. I haven’t tried coconut delights before. The mixtures that you have just described sounds a lot different from what I had before. One day I will try this.
-Jay
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Hi Jay, this is really good! Actually mu first time to try this.
Hey! this looks yummy. Never heard about this. I can surely impress my loved ones with this.Send me some more recipes…:)
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Hi Ruchi, my bro-in-law just bought this for me. But I’m sure it’s easy to do. Try with any fresh fruits you like.
waahhh inggit ako. gusto ko rin yan, haha. Pag umuuwi kami umaakyat sa puno ng niyog ang mga pinsan ko or manghihiram kami ng pang sungkit? Then doon na kami magkakainan. Fresh na fresh.
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Amor, sarap talaga kapag may sariling niyugan, ano. Ganyan din ginagawa namin nung maliit pa ako, pero di ko na-try haluan ng fruits.
wow looks yummy
hope to visit Davao someday…
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Yay, I welcome you now, hehee. You will find this anywhere in Davao.
Made fresh in coconut. Looks yummy =)
Yum! Yum! Good to eat something fresh…
OMG that looks so yummy I could eat the picture! Hehehehe
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Plus, I love everything and anything made with coconut. YUM!
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Oh, yes, it’s definitely something when it’s made with coconut and I love coconut made goodies, too.
“coconut meat ” – whats that
That’s the white inner part of the coconut, I suppose. I call it meat cos we can’t shred the whole coconut.
Looks kinda sweet to me …
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Not too sweet actually, because of the coconut juice.
OH MY! Buko salad is my favorite! Dali padala mo dito. Gosh I miss this big time. Can’t find anything here that’s good enough for fresh buko. Hay, I’ll just dream of it!
Kumusta pala bakasyon mo?
Maricris, kaya magsasawa ako nito habang nandito ako, kasi pagbalik ko’ng Sweden wala na, heheee!
Bakasyon is ok. It’s not too warm here in Davao kapag July.
Oh no, I’m drooling right now. Could you please post to Malaysia?
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Hahaa! Jacob, just go and find coconut trees and pick the young ones and presto! You’ll have this buko salad if you buy some fruits, too.
@Marlene- I wanna to make this salad at my home. Pls tell me real quantity of ingredients in it. I am waiting for your reply.
Hello, sorry for this late reply. I’ve read your comments before but slipped my mind. Anyway, here’s how to do it. Please get or buy young fresh coconut. When you open it, don’t throw the water because you will mix the fruits with it later after shredding the coconut. The fruits are mango, pineapple, papaya and watermelon sliced into pieces. Add a little milk to suit your taste. Done. Hope this will help.
Yesterday after reading this post i tried to make salad at home. It was good but not much better. It may be because of quantity of ingredients. I know that those are not balance.
You must have forgotten the juice (water) from the coconut. It’s the one making it tasty.
I hope you will reply me when you visit to this blog.
Still waiting for your reply. I am sorry if i say or ask some thing wrong.
I’ve just replied above. No, you didn’t ask something wrong. I’m sorry for the delay.
Hindi nyo nilalagyan ng nestle cream?
Masubukan nga iyon.
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Hi Ridi, thanks for dropping by…
Ah, parang nilalagyan lang ng nestle cream kung hindi kasali ang katas ng niyog. Yun yong totoong buko salad talaga. Ito, fresh buko salad daw yata, hehee!
I’m not really a fan of buko but this picture makes it look so delicious.
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Hi Nathan,
Yes, it’s absolutely delicious. I highly recommend you try it, if you have this kind of buko salad in your place.
Hi Marlene,
I love buko salad. But we don’t really make that here anymore. My mom used to make it when we used to live in the Philippines. I remember she would put the condensed milk and it’s really sweet. But guess when you put it together with the rest of the salad, it becomes saturated. So it’s okay I guess. Here in America, they don’t make their buko salad the same. In fact, majority just makes Fruit Salad with buko in it and that’s about it. I really miss the fresh buko.
Anyway, I hope you have a great week!
Angela
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Hello Angela,
Thanks a lot for dropping by.
I also have a hard time making buko salad here and I don’t like condensed milk that much. Though I had an idea of adding cream instead but fresh buko is nowhere to find
Oh, you’ll surely love it!