Description
Puto Bumbong is a rice cake made of steamed black glutinous rice called “pirurutong” cooked in bamboo then served with margarine, coconut and palm sugar.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups white glutinous rice
- 1 cup black glutinous rice (pirurutong)
- 1 cup muscovado or palm sugar
- 1 cup grated fresh coconut
- margarine
- water
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine both types of glutinous rice, add enough water to fully soak them and leave in a cool place for 24 hours.
- Fully drain your rice then place them in a food processor or a blender, pulse to have a grainy wet consistency and add a bit of water while grinding them. You need to achieve a gritty but fine consistency similar to a moist sand.
- Place the mixture in a lightly greased shallow tray, it should be no more than 2 cm in thickness. Do not press or compact, it should be loose otherwise it will come out really hard, place in a steamer then steam for 20 minutes in really high heat or until cooked and tender.
- Remove the cooked puto bumbong from the tray, slice and shape into small cylinders, place on a banana leaf lined plate then spread some margarine on top, generously sprinkle it with freshly grated coconut and some palm sugar granules then serve.