minatamis na buli

1 glassful of buli nuts (about half a kilo of young buli fruits or buko-bukohan)
1 glass of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rock salt
10 tablespoons wild honey
4 pieces of star anise

Split the young buli fruits.

When freshly harvested, the fruits are green. (Photo credit to Castle Panganiban's Facebook account)

The fruits would turn maroon to dark brown after a few days, especially when stored in closed plastic bags or in the refrigerator.

Pry the gummy nuts. Use only nuts in cooking.

Do not include those nuts that are already very hard.

Set the pan (or pot) on the stove. Pour in the water. Add the buli nuts, salt, and sugar.

Mix all the ingredients and boil on high heat. When boiling starts, set to medium heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Add wild honey and simmer for 10 minutes on low heat, or until the liquid is reduced to half.

Add the star anise and simmer for 1 minute, and remove from the stove.

Let cool and serve as is...

... or keep it in a glass or jar to store.

If it happens that your minatamis na buli is quite gummy or hard to chew, do not waste it. You can make it into a tasty buli cold delight.

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