Description
Kutsinta or kuchinta is an orange brownish sticky jelly textured rice cake made from a mix of rice flour (sometimes mixed with all-purpose flour), sugar and lye water served with freshly grated coconuts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1½ cup rice flour
- ½ cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 cups water
- 1½ tsp lye water
- 1 tsp annatto powder
- 3 tbsp hot water
- freshly grated coconut, to serve
Instructions
- In a bowl sift together rice flour, flour and brown sugar.
- Add water gradually until mixture is free of lumps and smooth.
- Combine hot water and annatto powder, mix well until free of lumps then combine it into the flour mixture together with lye water. Mix until colour is even.
- Pour mixture in individual lightly greased moulds then steam for 45 minutes or until cooked and firm.
- Remove from moulds then serve topped with freshly grated coconuts.