Pilipit is a traditional Filipino deep-fried

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. It is made with flour, eggs, milk, salt, and baking powder. It is made mostly identically to the

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doughnut, except for its crunchy and hard texture and its smaller and thinner size. The word ''pilipit'' means "twisted" in Tagalog. A very similar but distinct dessert, also known as ''pilipit'', is a fried

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twisted doughnut from

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. It is much thicker and is made with a combination of white glutinous rice and purple rice, resulting in a distinctive lavender color. It is soaked and pounded into '' galapong'' and twisted into shapes before deep-frying. It is served sprinkled with fresh grated coconut. Another distinctive variation of this delicacy is the rice-based doughnut made with squash, also known as kalabasang pilipit ''or pilipit na kalabasa'', which originates in the province of

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. This variety of pilipit is incorporated with grated or mashed squash, which gave it a yellow-orange tint and also a chewy and crunchy texture. While it usually comes in a twisted shape, this variety also comes in shapes like a circular doughnut dipped in a caramelized sugar syrup or a coconut-based caramel sauce, also known as '' sangkaka'' or ''santan''.

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