My new coworker is from The Philippines and she loves indulging me with Filipino sweets, like this following dessert called Palitaw. It is similar to Indonesian Wadai Kipeng, from Banjarmasin, in South Borneo.
Latik
2 cans of coconut cream
Bring to boil on low-medium heat until turned into brown, keep stirring
Palitaw
3 c glutinous rice flour
1 1/4 c water or as needed
Mix and shape into round then flatten it in center
Bring enough water to boil
Drop dough and cook until floating
Sauce
2 1/2 c coconut milk
1/2 c brown sugar or to your liking
Bring to boil until sugar dissolve, keep stirring
Drop in cooked palitaw
Stir in latik (or can be mixed before serving)
Palitaw
Servings: 0
Ingredients
Latik
- 2 cans coconut milk
Palitaw
- 3 c glutinous rice flour
- 1 1/4 c water
Sauce
- 2 1/2 c coconut milk
- 1/2 c brown sugar
Instructions
- Bring coconut cream to boil on low medium heat until browning
- Mix flour and water, turn into balls, flatten and press the center making indentation
- Bring enough water to boil, drop dough, cook until floating
- Bring coconut milk to boil mixed with brown sugar, drop in cooked palitaw followed with latik
- Serve warm or chilled
