Piaya (food) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Piaya

Muscovado-filled piaya
Type	Pastry
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Philippines
Region or state	Negros Occidental
Associated national cuisine	Filipino cuisine
Serving temperature	Warm or cold
Main ingredients	Flour and muscovado
Variations	Piayitos
Food energy (per serving)	75 kcal (314 kJ)

Piaya is a yummy, sweet flatbread from the Philippines. It's especially famous in a place called Negros Occidental. Think of it like a delicious, thin pancake filled with a special kind of brown sugar called muscovado. People love to eat it as a snack or dessert!

How Piaya is Made

Making piaya is quite interesting! First, bakers take dough and fill it with a mix of muscovado sugar and water. This sweet filling makes the piaya so tasty.

After the dough is filled, it's flattened out. This is usually done with a rolling pin. Then, tiny sesame seeds are sprinkled on top. Finally, the piaya is baked on a hot griddle until it's perfectly cooked and golden brown.

Different Kinds of Piaya

While the classic piaya has a sweet muscovado sugar filling, there are other tasty options too! You might find piaya filled with ube (which is purple yam) or even mango.

There's also a smaller, crispier version called a piayito. It's like a mini piaya that's extra thin and crunchy.

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  Piaya being baked on a griddle

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  Freshly-baked piaya

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  Ube and muscovado piaya