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Palitaw (Sweet Rice Cakes)
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lola
"This sticky, chewy dessert is very easy to make and can also be served as a snack."
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Ingredients
50 m servings 197Original recipe yields 10 servings (20 cakes)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Mix the rice flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and the water together in a bowl into a soft dough; set aside.
- Stir 1/2 cup sugar and sesame seeds together in a small bowl. Toss the coconut with the salt together in a separate bowl.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Take a portion of the soft dough and roll it into a ball between the palms of your hands. Pull lengthwise and shape into a tongue. Drop into the boiling water. The cake is ready when it floats. Scoop it out with a strainer and roll it in the sugar and sesame seed mixture. Place it on a serving platter. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Top the cakes with coconut and serve warm.
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Most helpful positive review
8/8/2010
These are delicious, but to make them even better, try adding a can of coconut milk or cream to the water that you boil them in. This will give the cakes a strong coconut flavor
Most helpful critical review
2/4/2011
The measurements are all wrong. 1 cup of glutinous rice flour, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water results in pancake batter consistency. Also scooping it out of the strainger into the sugar/sesa...
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8/8/2010
These are delicious, but to make them even better, try adding a can of coconut milk or cream to the water that you boil them in. This will give the cakes a strong coconut flavor
5/11/2010
I liked how simple and inexpensive it was to make these. Just like the ones I buy from my local Asian grocery store. I did have to add more flour for a thicker consistency and I did not ball t...
8/25/2010
I like the taste but using the recipe provided, I ended up with a really gooey palitao so I ended up having to add more rice flour until it was hard enough to form balls with. I love the taste ...
2/4/2011
The measurements are all wrong. 1 cup of glutinous rice flour, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water results in pancake batter consistency. Also scooping it out of the strainger into the sugar/sesa...
1/23/2011
Don't know what was wrong but I followed the recipe and had to double the flour and then it just did not taste right. Not sure what I was expecting but did not like it. Maybe need to go buy on...
12/13/2011
Lola, I don't know how this recipe ended up being the nice dish pictured herein... I followed your directions exactly as written but all I ended up with is a bowl of waste. looks to me like the ...
5/24/2012
Easy and simple. Always made this for Filipino parties. One of my favorite desserts.