I’ve always wondered why in the world sweetened Pili Nuts are too expensive when sold in the market. I finally knew the answer. First I will show you how shelled Pili Nuts look like.
They look very much alike to Duhat but bigger and more oblongated.
Cut in the middle enough to make an opening not touching the nut itself. Although, it’s hard to avoid breaking the nuts when completely unshelled.
Remove the shell and the brown peel. At times, you need to pick the nut to be able to get it. My cousins use toothpick to do that.
Here’s how the totally unshelled Pili Nuts look like. It’s white and soft.
Above are ready to be cooked according to your liking. Some puts sesame seeds and flavor while majority want it plain.
So imagine if you have harvested hundreds of sacks of these! You’d go nuts and crazy haha!
The Pili Nuts that you see above were part of the harvested ones from my brother’s property in Bicol. The moment I learned how the process is done, I slowed down eatingย ’em feeling sorry for my cousins who have been making ’em for us during our stay there haha!
I had no idea pili nuts looked like that prior to processing. XD
I enjoy pili nuts too especially the pili nut brittle and mazapan de pili!
Super hard talaga to shell this nut, so it’s expensive.
hahaha. the product of hardship.. ๐ how its done is too sensitive/
Ooohhh, extra challenge! I’ve seen on TV how this was done and it was quite scary when using that bolo and quite tedious. Me too, I eat it more slowly now. I savor every small bite and taste =)
wow thats so cool! i never knew that tip i dropped here on your blog!! it looks a great process and looks yummy too! tauyanm.com xx
My DH is also from Bicol. Whenever my SIL go back, she always has pili nuts with her as pasalubong. So nice of you to write how sweetened pili nuts is made.
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MrsMartinez
Pili nuts used to be one of my fave nuts to buy and eat. They are expensive indeed kaya minsan na lang bumibili these days. ๐