Maja Blanca

Maja Blanca

(Coconut Pudding)

Creamy sweet coconut flavored pudding with cream style corn and topped with

toasted coconut (budbod) and Fried Coconut Milk Curd (latik).

Ingredients :

• 3/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1 can cream style corn
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• Yellow food coloring (optional)
• Coconut oil (from latik)

Directions :

• Grease a  rectangular pan with coconut oil. Set aside.
• In a deep sauce or non stick pan, pour milk, blend corn starch, sugar, cream style corn and coconut milk. Add drops of food coloring (optional). 
• Cook over slow heat, stirring constantly to prevent lumps, until mixture get thick for about 4-5 minutes
• Pour hot mixture into rectangular pan and allow to set.
• Topped with roasted coconut and latik . Cool before slicing.

Cooking Tips :

1. You can add or use jackfruit (langka), young coconut (buko) and fruit cocktail.
2. Using a fruit cocktail, measure 1 cup of syrup and dissolve the flour into it.