Bibingka Royal

A soft and spongy large round flat cake, made with rice flour, coconut milk, eggs, salt and margarine  that is slightly charred on both surfaces and top with sliced cheese and salted eggs, spread with margarine and sprinkled with sugar. Best served with grated coconut.

Ingredients :

• 2 Cups rice flour
• 2 Tablespoon baking powder
• 2 Cups coconut milk
• 4 Eggs
• 3/4 Cup sugar
• 1/4 Cup melted margarine
• 1/2 Teaspoon salt
• 1/4 Cup sugar for topping
• Cheese
• 3 Tablespoon melted margarine
• 2 Salted eggs

Directions :

• Preheat oven to 350ºF
• Pass banana leaves over an open flame
• Line pan with banana leaves, set aside
• Pour melted margarine in a mixing bowl, add sugar
•  Stir until combined, add eggs and beat until fluffy
• Combine salt, flour and baking powder, mix well
• Slowly blend egg mixture with the  dry ingredients
•  Add the coconut milk , stir thoroughly into a thick smooth liquid mix
•  Pour the mixture into the pan or fill the pan about 3/4
• Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minute
• When half-done, take it out from the oven
• Decorate with salted egg slices and cheese
• Bake until a knife insert in center, comes out clean
• Spread margarine on top then sprinkle with sugar
•  Bake until golden crust is formed

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Butsi

Butsi

Deep fried sesame seed balls, made of glutinous rice flour, filled with sweetened mung bean.

Ingredients :

• 3 Cups glutinous rice flour
• 1/2 Cup rice four
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 1/4 Cup water
• 1/2 Cup sesame 
• Cooking oil

Fillings :

• 1 Cup mung bean
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 Water

Directions :

• In a deep sauce pan, cook the mung beans with water until soft
• Combine sugar with water, stir until dissolve
• When the mung beans are done, drain the water and add the sugar mixture
• Cook in low medium heat until water evaporates, set aside and let it cool
• In a mixing bowl, combine glutinous rice flour, rice flour and sugar
• Mix well to combine all the dry ingredients
• Slowly add water, keep kneading by hands to make a dough
• Portion the dough into small pieces and make a ball shape
• Flatten the center of the dough using your thumb
• Fill in the center of dough with a teaspoon mung bean fillings
• Seal the fillings and roll it until the shape is round
• Roll the dough over sesame seeds and fried in low medium heat until golden brown

Cooking Tips :

1. Sweet yam, potato, red mung bean and banana are the best alternative for fillings
2. Flatten the dough into 1 centimeter for fastest cooking
3. Adding sugar fillings depends on the desired sweetness
4. Adding water in making dough should be done slowly

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Suman Moron

Suman Moron

Choco Rice Cake

Moron is a milk and chocolate twisted flavored wrapped sticky rice cake (suman), a native delicacy in Tacloban Philippines . A smoother type of suman that is made up of 2 types of rice, cooked in coconut milk, milk and cocoa powder.

Ingredients :

Chocolate mixture ;

1 1/2 Cup rice flour

1/2 Cup glutinous rice

4 Tablespoon cocoa powder

1 Teaspoon vanilla

1 Cup coconut milk

1 Cup brown sugar

1/4 Cup chopped roasted peanuts

Milk mixture ;

• 1 1/2 Cup rice flour
• 1/2 Cup glutinous rice flour
• 1/2 Cup evaporated milk
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Cup coconut milk
• 1 Cup white sugar

 For wrapping ;

• Banana leaves
• Cooking twine

Directions :

Milk Mixture ;

• In a bowl mix the 2 types of flour until well combined.
• In a non stick pan, add the rice mixture, white sugar, evaporated milk, coconut milk, vanilla.
• Turn the heat to medium and stirring constantly until thick and smooth.
• Transfer into a plate and set aside to cool.

Chocolate Mixture ;

• In a bowl mix the 2 types of flour until well combined.
• In the same pan, pour the rice mixture and add the coconut milk, brown sugar, cocoa, vanilla and peanut.
• Turn the heat to medium and stirring constantly until oily and smooth.
• Transfer into a plate and set aside to cool.

Wrapping and Steaming ;

• Prepare the leaves for wrapping by passing over stove flame, brush with butter or margarine.
• Take a heaping table spoon of chocolate mixture and roll into a 3/4" tuber shape by hands.
• Do the same process on the plain milk mixture.
• Place the 2 tuber side by side and twist to form a thicker two color tuber.
• Place the tuber in 2 pieces of banana leaves, roll and tie a string at both end to secure.
• Steam for half an hour in a double boiler container or steamer.

Cooking Tips :

1. Before rolling the milk flavor into a tuber, add cheese.
2. Both ends can be fold or tied by string.

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