Halo-Halo with Coconut Milk (Ginataang Halo-Halo)

4 cups water
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup diced sweet potatoes
1 cup diced plantains
3 tablespoons water
1 cup sweet rice powder
1/4 cup tapioca (quick-cooking type)
1 cup jackfruit, cut into strips

In a medium pot, bring the water and coconut milk to a boil. Add 1/4 cup sugar and simmer. Add sweet potatoes and plantains and simmer until half done. Add 3 tablespoons water to sweet rice powder. Take a little of the mixture at a time and form into balls the size of hazelnuts. Drop balls into the simmering mixture. Add cooked tapioca, 1/4 cup sugar and jackfruit. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve hot or cold.

NOTE: Halo-halo literally means a mixture; in this case a mixture of fruit.