biko recipe (sweet rice) mmmmm!
this is sooooo good! i'm feeling a little off since i had an odd schedule this weekend and usually when i am like that i eat horribly. but after the frantic phase passed i crave my "soul food". filipino soul that is-being a mestisa i have many "souls" so to speak lol. but this is my all time favourite sweet snacky and it sounded good for today. i think lots of people would like it and its really simple to make.
biko
Sangkap (Ingredients):
3 cups glutinous sweet rice
1-1/2 water
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup regular Sugar
3 cups Diluted Coconut Milk
3/4 tsp. Salt
1-2 cups Lightly Toasted Sweetened coconut Flakes Topping
Pagluto (Cooking Procedure):
In a rice cooker, combine the glutinous rice, water, brown sugar, regular sugar, coconut milk and salt.
Turn on cooker and stir mixture occasionally until liquid is absorbed and rice is soft. Add more water if needed. If rice cooker turns off automatically and glutinous rice is not quite cooked yet, leave the warm button on until rice is fully cooked.
Continue to stir occasionally so that rice texture will be uniform. You may also cook this mixture in a deep non-stick pot medium low heat, stirring frequently until fully cooked.
Transfer cooked mixture into a glass pan. Flatten and smooth top with the back of a spoon. Let cool until firm then slice in serving pieces.
Top with toasted coconut flakes just before serving.
I cook it on the stove not my cooker because if you use dark brown sugar (more molasses) it can really get stuck to the bottom if your cooker gets super hot.
recipe from asiarecipe.com. it is the proper recipe. often i've seen butter incorporated into the recipe. i cannot remember a time when my nanay used butter in anything. most sweets were actually wrapped in banana leaves.