Biko Recipe or Filipino Sweet Sticky Rice - A Filipino Delicacy
Author: Chris Urbano
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Filipino
“Kakanin” or Rice Cakes are very popular merienda snacks of Filipinos. It is a mixture of glutinous rice cooked in coconut cream and brown sugar and is topped with “Latik” the toasted crumble residue when you heat up the coconut milk. This is very heavy when eaten and a slice would really satisfy you.
Ingredients
2 cups Glutinous Rice (Malagkit na Bigas)
2 cups Coconut Cream (Kakang Gata)
2 cups Water
1 ½ cup Palm Sugar (Panutsa)
1 cup Brown Sugar
pinch Salt
1 small Bilao
As needed Banana Leaves
As needed Latik
Procedure
Wash the rice and transfer it into a pot. Mix in the coconut cream and water and let it boil. Stir constantly to avoid sticking.
Once the rice is almost done, add in the brown sugar and stir. Add ½ cup of water if the mixture is too thick.
If the mixture is very thick and hard to mix, it’s done.
Run the banana leaf over the fire once and lay it over the bilao.
Transfer the rice into the bilao and flatten. Top with the latik.
Recipe by Maputing Cooking at https://maputingcooking.com/recipe/biko-filipino-delicacy/