Nilupak

Nilupak is a class of traditional Filipino delicacies made from mashed or pounded starchy foods mixed with coconut milk (or condensed milk and butter) and sugar. They are molded into various shapes and traditionally served on banana leaves with toppings of grated young coconut ("buko"), various nuts, cheese, butter, or margarine. It is also known as nilusak, linusak, niyubak, linupak, or lubi-lubi, among many other names, in the various languages of the Philippines.
Names.
The term "nilupak" means "mashed" or "pounded", from the Tagalog verb "lupak", "to pound [into a pulp] (with a mortar and pestle)". It is also known as "nilusak" in Visayan regions with the same meaning. They were traditionally pounded in large stone or wood mortar and pestle.
In Philippine Spanish, "nilupak" was known as "jalea" ("jam"), which became spelled as "halaya", "haleya", or "halea" in the native languages. This term is especially used for "nilupak na ube", which is now more commonly known as "ube halaya". Generally, however, the term "nilupak" is reserved for the variants made with mashed cassava or saba bananas. While the variants made from ube (purple yam) is known as "halaya". Variants made from sweet potato and taro can be known as either "halaya" or "nilupak". Regardless, "nilupak" and "halaya" are prepared identically, varying only in their main ingredients.
Types.
Types of nilupak include the following: