Palitaw (Filipino Rice Cake) Recipe

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Palitaw (Filipino Rice Cake) Recipe

Palitaw (Filipino Rice Cake)

Palitaw (Filipino Rice Cake). Also scooping it out of the strainger into the sugar/sesame seed mixture results in a sticky gooey mess that clumps up the sugar in the bowl and hardens into lumps of sugar crystal on the balls when cooled. 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. This native delicacy is a bit similar to the Mocha Cakes of Japan and the Rice Cakes of South Korea. Palitaw Recipe is a small, flat, sweet rice cake eaten and a favorite afternoon snack in the Philippines. Make Palitaw (Filipino Rice Cake) using 9 ingredients and 5 steps quickly.

Ingredients

It’s of Rice Cake:
It’s 2 cups of glutinous rice flour
Prepare 1 cup of water
Prepare of water for boiling
Prepare of Coating:
Prepare 1 cup of grated mature coconut
You need of Toppings:
You need 1/4 cup of sesame seeds
You need 1/2 cup of granulated white sugar

Steps

Start by toasting sesame seeds until lightly browned or fragrant. Combine with sugar once cooled. Set aside. This will be your topping..
In a bowl, combine glutinous rice flour and water until a doug is formed..
Using an ice cream scoop, form into little balls and then flatten into small oval shapes..
On a pot, boil enough water to submergethe rice cake. Once boiling, reduce to low boil and drop each piece. Do not overcrowd the pot. Once the rice cake floats, it is already done. Set aside to cool..
Once slightly cooled, cover each piece with grated coconut and top with sesame and sugar mixture..

Palitaw is a Filipino afternoon snack or 'merienda' that consist mainly of glutinous rice coated with grated coconut and sugar and sometimes roasted sesame seeds. This flattened sweet rice cake is very chewy and really filling but the best part is, it is really easy to make. Palitaw is small flat sweet rice cake. A Filipino snack or merienda made with glutinous rice flour, grated coconut, toasted sesame seeds, and sugar. This sticky, chewy snack is very easy to make and budget friendly.

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