Ube Pancake with Macapuno Recipe

Ube is a type of root crop specifically a yam that has a distinct purple colour, similar to taro and sweet potato in texture this root crop is widely used in the Philippine cuisine as a dessert ingredient. Popular recipes that uses this include ube cake, ube ice cream, ube candies and ube halaya to name some but have you tried it in pancakes?

I am not sure though if this is popular in the Philippines because the last time I was there I never heard of this until one time I saw this in a restaurant poster when I was in Hawaii (Yes! of all places this is where I will discover it). I saw it when I was walking from Ross outlet to the Walmart near Ala Moana, I haven’t tried it there but I told myself I am going to make them when I come…