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natak – ( na-t'k, na-tâk; Maguindanaon pith & flour) [ n. ] p ounded sago palm pith; A crudely pounded pith of sago palm tree. It is often used as ingredient in making the Maguindanaon version of minatamis na guinataan . Natak in the Cotabato City's Super Market (not Supermarket) . Natak in the Cotabato City's Super market. Natak is mixed with water and shaken in plastic bag and the juice it produced is strained and then used in cooking the guinatan .  The pounded natak is sold in the public market of Cotabato City stuffed in woven sago palm pouch The browned and darker natak palm wrapper is made with strips of old sago palm, while the greener or lighter colored natak wrapper is from young sago palm. If natak is processed finely it becomes flour which can be used readily in making pastries or as thickener in lugaw or ginataan , made into sago pearls, or added as extender to boiled rice.  Natak in the Cotabato City's Super Market, a public wet market or...