One of the food I discovered this summer was the yummy Palitaw. Yes, you heard that right. It’s my first time to sample it. Anyways, Palitaw is a small sweet flat rice cake eaten in the Philippines. And I know most, if not all, Filipino had tried it but in my defense I’m kind of picky when it comes to food and I don’t like the plain white look of it. But last April when I was in Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental I got a chance to try this kakanin and all I could say is — deliciouso!

Anyways, here’s the recipe on how to cook Palitaw ( Rice Cake):

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Glutinous rice flour ( Malagkit Rice )
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/2 kilo Brown Sugar
• Fresh grated coconut
• Toasted sesame seeds

Procedure:

1. Mix the flour and water until the dough is formed.
2. Take 2 tablespoon of dough and roll it into a ball, then flatten it with the palm of your hand.
3. Then put the Palitaw in simmering water until they begin to float.
4. Remove the Palitaw from the pot and let it dry for a minute or 2.
5. Dunk the palitaw in the sugar-sesame seed mixture and sprinklee it with grated coconut.
6. Viola! You now have a yummy palitaw.

*** Recipe grabbed from an old Pinoy Recipe Book

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