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) you can use simply coconut ,sugar and toasted sesame seed for flavoring.

This is a Filipino sweet ricecake usually eaten as snack. Very easy to make

Pohulpohul Cake or Itak Pohulpohul is a traditional Batak snack, which comes from Tapanuli. Shaped like a fist knuckles, similar to Itak Gurgur because the shape is made with quite simple tools --- namely the fingers of your fist, which is why it is called "pohulpohul" (which means 'fist').There is little difference between Pohulpohul and Gurgur, among others : Pohulpohul only uses flour, unlike Gurgur which is mixed with grated coconut. Pohulpohul is steamed before serving, but Gurgur can be directly eaten after it is created. Pohulpohul cake contains nutrients, such as Carbohydrates, Protein, Vitamin B (B1, B2, B3, B6), Iron, Calcium, Fat, Omega 3 and Fiber.Pohulpohul is often brought as a souvenir for the family who comes to visit for a customary speech, for example to discuss marriage plans for men and women both parties. Of course, pohulpohul is only the 'companion' of the main souvenirs which is usually in the form of food 'weight' of the carp.Pohulpohul's shape follows the silhouette of a fist, and the fingers are used in forming the pohulpohul. Rice flour is the main ingredient so it becomes solid and the flours complement each other; it is a symbol of how the customary talks between the two sides (paranak and parboru) that takes place. In the process is characterized by dialogue and negotiation, there occasionally are words thrown that pierce or offend. However as in pohulpohul, where the flour are complementary and mutually self compacting --- presumably expected so the words that have sprung up in the customary speech, complementary and mutually condense with no other aim than to enhance the indigenous celebration being prepared.

I keep getting request to cook Biko during family occasions. Living in other country is hard. That even if it's not your favorite food, you still miss it. (Excuse the quality of the photos, it's as raw as it can get with no enhancement or effects).

This is a sweet rice cake traditional served during cuaresma (Holy Week) or todos los santos (All Saints Day) in the Philippines; but nowadays, this can be enjoyed during any occasions.This recipe can also be done without the Pirurutong. If using pure glutinous rice, skip soaking the rice. You will end up with an off-white rice cake.

In the traditional village around Tabanan they have a unique tradition while celebrating Nyepi. The people in the village to prepare special foods such as rice cake (entil) on this holiday. The food is unique as it is known as entil, delicious taste can make people addicted. Because intended for consumption on Nyepi, it is only done once a year.Entil making process is like preparing rice cakes. Its main ingredient is rice or brown rice. The difference between ENTIL and rice LONTONG is generally how they are packed - Longtong are wrapped in banana leaves or coconut leaves, but Entil are wrapped in the leaves of telangi (telengidi or nyelep), which looks like elongated galangal leaves. The leaves can be found in the fields or the forest edge in the local village. It is said makes sense entil leaves are very tasty, although no salt or other seasonings. Telengidi leaves believed to make sense entil be more comfortable. Because the substance of green color in the leaves soak into the rice when cooked, the resulting entil have a greenish color.Entil it can last up to four days. People can make it in different sizes. However, the size is generally small, making it easy to eat. Making entil has been a tradition performed before Nyepi (Hindu forbidden to cook during Nyepi). The menu is also accompanied by natural dishes such as marinated chicken, shredded coconut and roasted peanuts. People can also add it to vegetable fry, but there must be shredded coconut (Urap or Serundeng). A family usually makes up to 2kg entil. This number is expected to feed a family during the days of exile (Nyepi).In addition to tempting the appetite, in fact entil have high philosophy. This philosophy is based on a double pile. This indicates that when celebrating Nyepi, or the traditional village should control their minds, and then focused on the presence of their Lord. In addition to being served on Nyepi, entil usually used as a souvenir when visiting family or other relatives after Nyepi.After the ceremony and set Ngembak Geni Nyepi (the day after Nyepi where Hindus have completed the self-purification), local people visit each other, including families living outside the village. When gathered together, entil is prepared for prizes. In addition to being delicious and natural, entil is a cheap food and cholesterol free.Due to much demand, are now presented as a menu entil typical food in the sights of Mount Batukaru in Pupuan Tabanan so that tourists can enjoy it without waiting for the celebration of Nyepi come (once a year).This menu includes a complete meal - because it contains carbohydrates (entil), vegetables (urap), side dishes (jejeruk) and along with serundeng. But sorry, in this menu there are no photographs of the cooking process, because I cooked this dish before I knew about the COOKPAD app.

Celebrating Chinese new year with these sweet, chewy and little gooey air fryer pastry-wrapped rice cakes. They are a must to welcome the new year!

#mycookbookCommonly, lontong serves as the alternative of steamed rice. Many Indonesian dishes are created to be eaten with lontong. One example dish that served with lontong is Gado-gado (I have the recipe here 👉#pib_gadogado).There are several ways to make lontong. The one I have here, I make it by using rice cooker. This way is so much easier and faster than using a traditional way, that could take several hours to boil the uncooked rice.#pib_lontong

Vietnamese name bột chiên, popular street food. Made with leftover rice 😋🍚

Trivia: Suman is a Filipino traditional rice cake that’s usually eaten during breakfast or afternoon snack paired with coconut jam, cocoa chocolate and coffee! This recipe was from my Lola’s (grandmother). She used to cook and sell this around our community when she was still alive. She literally did all the hard work from getting banana leaves, running them over fire to make the leaves soft, wrapping ( the most tedious process for me) cooking to selling. Hats off to my grandmother! ❤️

This is steamed rice cake or popular as Chwee kueh, with preserved turnip and pickled mustard topping, chili sauce and toasted sesame seeds. It is a very popular dish in Singapore as favorite breakfast or snack item. Usually I make these chwee kueh for our lunch. The texture is really nice, smooth and very light.Those that are sold at hawker centers usually do not add sweet pickled mustard in their topping. But I found it too salty if I use only persevered radish. I always make the topping in a big batch and divide into a few small packets and store it in the freezer, it can be kept in the freezer up to a month and heat up before use.I do the same with the chili sauce, I use homemade chili sauce. We call this chili sauce as sambal nasi lemak, because normally we have this sambal as side dish for our coconut rice (nasi lemak).

This is delish! My rice cake is green because it's Pandan flavored. It's Chinese NY so this should be available in Asian stores. It comes in a box and it's round, color white if no flavor.