''Cascaron'' is a
Filipino doughnut
A doughnut or donut () is a type of pastry made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and fran ...
made of deep-fried
ground glutinous rice, grated
coconut
The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...
, and sugar. They are commonly ball-shaped and are sold on skewers, but they can also be elongated, pancake-shaped, or doughnut-shaped.
They are approximately golf-ball sized.
Etymology
The name is derived from Spanish ''cascarón'' ("eggshell") due to its common spherical shape and crunchy exterior. It is not to be confused with
cascarón
A cascarón (plural cascarones, without accent mark; from Spanish ''cascarón'', "eggshell", the augmentative form of ''cáscara'', "shell"), known as huevo chimbo in Central America, is a hollowed-out chicken egg filled with confetti or small to ...
, which is a hollowed-out chicken egg filled with prizes derived from the same term.
It is known by numerous other names, depending on the region, including ''carioca'' and ''tinudok''. It is also known as ''bitsu-bitsu'' (or ''bicho-bicho'') in Negros Occidental, not to be confused with ''
bicho'' or ''bicho-bicho'', which is a
Chinese Filipino
Chinese Filipinos (sometimes referred as Filipino Chinese or Chinoy/Tsinoy in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian, but are typically born and raised in the Philippines. Chinese Filipinos are one ...
version of ''
youtiao
''Youtiao'' (), known in Southern China as yu char kway, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of wheat flour dough of Chinese cuisine, Chinese origin and (by a variety of other names) also popular in other East Asia, East and Southeast Asia ...
'' made with regular flour.
See also
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Buñuelo
A ''buñuelo'' (, alternatively called ''boñuelo'', ''bimuelo'', ''birmuelo'', ''bermuelo'', ''bumuelo'', ''burmuelo'', or ''bonuelo'', is a fried dough fritter found in Spain, Latin America, and other regions with a historical connection to Spa ...
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Churro
A churro (, ) is a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, made with choux pastry dough piped into hot oil with a piping bag and large closed star tip or similar shape. They are also found in Latin American cuisine, Philipp ...
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Panyalam
''Panyalam'' or ''panyam'', is a traditional Philippine cuisine, Filipino-Moro people, Bangsamoro fried rice cake, rice pancake. It is made with galapong, ground glutinous rice, ''muscovado'' (or brown sugar), and coconut milk mixed into a bat ...
References
Coconut desserts
Glutinous rice dishes
Philippine breads
Philippine doughnuts
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