binangkal

{{Short description|Philippine doughnut}}

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{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}}

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| name = Binangkal

| image = Binangkal (sesame seed doughnuts).jpg

| image_size = 250px

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| alternate_name = kabak

| country = Philippines

| region = Visayas, Mindanao

| creator =

| course = Snack

| served = Warm, room temperature

| main_ingredient = flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, egg or evaporated milk, sesame seeds

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Binangkal is a type of doughnut from the islands of Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. It is made from deep-fried dense dough balls coated with sesame seeds.{{cite book|author=Dawn Bohulano Mabalon|editor1=Robert Ji-Song Ku |editor2=Martin F. Manalansan |editor3=Anita Mannur |title =Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader|chapter =As American as Jackrabbit Adobo: Cooking, Eating, and Becoming Filipina/o American before World War II|publisher =NYU Press|year =2013|page=169|isbn =9781479869251|chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Kt0VCgAAQBAJ&q=binangkal&pg=PA169}}{{cite web|url=http://www.choosephilippines.com/eat/local-flavors/511/binangkal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811204503/http://www.choosephilippines.com/eat/local-flavors/511/binangkal/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 11, 2013|title=Binangkal: A Cebuano Native Delicacy|author=Belle Piccio|date=August 6, 2013|publisher=Choose Philippines|access-date=December 2, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kusineradavao.com/2014/04/binangkal-recipe.html|title=Binangkal Recipe|publisher=Kusinera Davao|access-date=December 2, 2016|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607180737/http://www.kusineradavao.com/2014/04/binangkal-recipe.html|url-status=dead}} It is usually eaten with hot chocolate or coffee.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/581570/lifestyle/food/hikay-cookbook-hopes-to-keep-cebuano-cookery-alive|title='Hikay': Cookbook hopes to keep Cebuano cookery alive|author=Bernadette Parco|date=September 15, 2016|publisher=GMA News Online|access-date=December 2, 2016}}

The name is derived from bangkal, the local Cebuano common name for the Leichhardt tree (Nauclea orientalis) which bears spherical flowers and fruits.{{cite web|url=http://www.binisaya.com/cebuano/binangkal|title=Bangkal|publisher=Binisaya.com|access-date=December 2, 2016}}