A ''piaya'' (
Hiligaynon: ''piyaya'', ;
Spanish: ''piaya'', ) is a
muscovado-filled
unleavened flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread.
Flatbreads r ...
from the
Philippines
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especially common in
Negros Occidental where it is a popular delicacy. It is made by filling
dough
Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavenin ...
with a mixture of muscovado and water. The filled dough is then flattened with a
rolling pin, sprinkled with
sesame
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seeds and baked on a
griddle. Piaya is best eaten warm.
Variations
The traditional sweet filling made of muscovado has other alternatives, including ''
ube
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'' and
mango. A ''piayito'' (
Hiligaynon: ''piyayito'') is a tiny version of the ''piaya'' and is thin and crispy.
Ube
UBE or Ube may refer to:
* Ubiquitin-activating enzyme
* Ube, Yamaguchi, a city in Japan
* Uniform Bar Examination
* Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy
* Ube Industries, chemical company
* Union bound estimate, a probability theory bound
* Union of Bo ...
and muscovado piaya
See also
*
Bakpia
*
Bánh pía
Bánh bía, sometimes spelled bánh pía, is a type of Vietnamese cuisine bánh (translates loosely as "cake" or "bread"). A Suzhou style mooncake adapted from Teochew cuisine. The Vietnamese name comes from the Teochew word for pastry, "pia". ...
*
Mooncake
A mooncake () is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節). The festival is about lunar appreciation and Moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between ...
References
Philippine pastries
Culture of Negros Occidental
Visayan cuisine
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