Puto Bumbong is a type of street food also considered as a delicacy that us traditionally served during the Christmas season, a rice cake made of steamed black glutinous rice (puto) called “pirurutong” cooked in bamboo (bumbong) then served with margarine, grated coconut and palm sugar granules. December 16 marks...
I have some leftover ube and cassava in the freezer and was thinking what to do with them, initially I was thinking of making two different things but I was quite lazy that day so I thought of combining them instead to make one thing? My cassava cake (moms recipe) proved...
Tamales like most of us know is a popular Mexican dish, but did you know there is a Filipino version of it? While Philippines cuisine is usually associated with the Spanish cuisine did you know that Mexico has an influence as well? Champorado, avocado, azucena, cereza / aratilis, sayote, tsokolate,...
The Philippines have a lot of rice cakes to offer and I guess every province in the Philippines have their own specialty from suman to cassava cakes even royal bibingka and patupat you name it Philippines have it. Our rice cake for today is what we call Bibingkang malagkit while...
Puto pao is a type of steamed mini buns made out of rice and/or all-purpose flour filled with seasoned pork then topped with salted duck eggs, think of it as a cross between siopao and puto. This steamed cake is nearly like a siopao but instead of using a yeast...
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. This rice cake is one of the most popular rice cakes in the Philippines and every morning...
Puto Flan is a type of steamed cake found in the Filipino cuisine where batter made out a mixture of rice flour/all-purpose flour, eggs and sugar is steamed. Traditionally is topped with either salted eggs or cheese but Filipinos start to become creative hence making variations like putong ube, strawberry...
Of all the rice cakes in the Philippines this perhaps is the odd one out as most of them are served dry or with a dipping sauce where you can consume it just either by using your hands or with a banana leaf, this rice cake can’t be served on...
by Raymund · Published December 29, 2015 · Last modified December 21, 2015
In some countries there are a lot traditions and beliefs when it comes to what to serve during New Year’s Eve and yesterday we concentrated only on noodle soup dishes, today we will be exploring more than that, in fact we will be looking at different lucky dishes or food...
I made this a couple of times before but I failed in taking a good photo of it hence I haven’t posted them before until now. It’s quite a challenge to make this pretty in photos due to its semi runny texture. From the time you plate it to the...
More
