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 Washed uncooked landang | |
| Alternative names | palm flour jelly balls |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Philippines |
| Region or state | Cebu, Visayas |
| Serving temperature | cooked |
| Main ingredients | Palm tree flour |
Landang is a processedstarch product extracted from the inner trunk of thebuli orburi tree[1] (Corypha), a type ofpalm native to thePhilippines and other tropical countries. This tree only flowers once in its life and then dies. Landang is visually similar to shrunken, flattenedsago. It is traditionally used in makingbinignit in the Visayas.
The process is very similar in makingsago. First, the buli palm is felled. The hard core can be reached by breaking the trunk open. The hard core is chopped into fragments that should be dried perfectly and hand crushed into powder form thereby turning it into flour. This process requires several rounds of pounding.[2] This is then mixed with water to form the product. It can be stored for weeks or a few months.
Landang is essential in making the traditional Visayan binignit, a sweet rootcrop and banana stewed incoconut milk andbrown sugar, usually eaten during theLenten season in the Philippines when almost everyone is fasting.[3]
Buli is a type ofpalm is usually found in tropical areas of South Central Asia particularly inIndia through thePhilippines and some parts of northernAustralia. It would grow on different soil types and may reach 20 meters high and would bear up to a million flowers. It is one of the largest palms. It is slow growing and doesn't want to be disturbed once planted. It would require an abundance of sunlight and much water. Like all the Corypha family,[4] it only flowers once during maturity and dies after.
