Or you could pulverize the tabliya first before putting it in the hot water so that it doesn't take as much effort to dissolve and you could use a wooden ladle or spatula.
By the way, naa nay daghang three-in-one sikwate that's being sold commercially in the Philippines but I think they're using refined sugar. I personally prefer kinugay - this is in spite of Barbaro's cautionary tale about his pilfering kinugay as a kid and the rat's skull.
Di jud to pwede malimtan, 'lex.
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