Native drink in Camotes – Sikwate

Sikwate is the Philippine hot chocolate. It is the cocoa tablet “tabliya” that makes it chocolatey and gives off a pleasing aroma. It is usually serve on breakfast and snacks. The drink is commonly combined with bread, puto, or mango to have more enjoyable snack.

Ingredients:

2-3 pcs of cocoa tablet “tabliya” (may depend on the size and number of servings)
4 tazas of water
sugar

Procedure:

Put cocoa tablet in hot boiling water.

Stir the mixture well, until the tabliya particles dissolved.

Add sugar to taste.

You can more sugar according to your taste, coz sikwate is a bit bitter if you don’t mix sugar. You can also add milk if you want to have more flavor.