Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palitaw (flat rice cake). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Palitaw is a term used to call a sweet flat rice cake that is eaten in the Philippines as a snack or dessert. Originally, grounded or pounded sticky rice is used to make this rice cake (called kakanin in the local language) - however, the practice of using packaged rice flour became common because it is more efficient. Palitaw is a term used to call a sweet flat rice cake that is eaten in the Philippines as a snack or dessert. Originally, grounded or pounded sticky rice is used to make this rice cake (called kakanin in the local language) you can use simply coconut,sugar and toasted sesame seed for flavoring.
Palitaw (flat Rice Cake) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Palitaw (flat Rice Cake) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have palitaw (flat rice cake) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Palitaw (flat Rice Cake):
- Take 3 cups glutinous rice flour
- Make ready 1 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 2 cups water
- Prepare 1/2 cup sesame seeds roasted
- Make ready 3 cups grated coconut
- Prepare as needed Ube extract (purple yum)
One of the most popular rice cake variant that we have is Palitaw, the name is derived from the Tagalog word "litaw" which means to "rise" or "float". It is made of flattened ground sticky rice cooked in boiling water and would float once it is cooked, hence, the name Palitaw. This is made with glutinous rice flour and water and the cooked rice cake is dredged with freshly shredded coconut meat. The treat is finished with muscovado sugar and you are set for a good time.
Steps to make Palitaw (flat Rice Cake):
- Combine glutinous rice flour with water and mix until a dough is formed, while forming the Dough combine the ube(purple yum) extract for coloring.
- Scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough then mold it into a ball-shaped figure.
- Flatten the ball-shaped dough using the palm of your hands.
- Boil water in a cooking pot then put-in the flattened dough.
- When the flattened dough starts to float, remove them from the pot and set it aside allowing water to drip.
- Combine sugar and roasted sesame seeds then mix well.
- Roll the rice cake in grated coconut then in the sugar-sesame seed mixture.
- Arrange in a serving plate then serve. Share and enjoy!
This is made with glutinous rice flour and water and the cooked rice cake is dredged with freshly shredded coconut meat. The treat is finished with muscovado sugar and you are set for a good time. Muscovado sugar is mostly found in the city I was born in and is basically brown sugar in its raw form. Made of glutinous rice, coconut milk, and brown sugar. How to make palitaw or sweet flat rice cake.
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