About:
Puto Bumbong is a Filipino purple rice cake. Traditionally, it is cooked in bamboo tubes and known as Chrismas season Filipino delicacy. In this recipe, I achieved the authentic taste and texture of Puto Bumbong using home steamer and you don’t need to have a bamboo steamer. My recipe is easy to follow so that you can enjoy this delicious Puto Bumbong at home! Happy holidays everyone!
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/KOxVD6Rr_bw
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Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cup Black Rice – https://amzn.to/2WmtFam
- 1 and 1/3 cup Sweet Rice – https://amzn.to/3nty3QR
- 2 cup Glutinous Rice Flour – https://amzn.to/3nurdKB
- Ube Flavoring (optional) – https://amzn.to/3nyslx8
- 4 cups Water (for soaking)
- 1/2 cup Butter (unsalted, softened) – https://amzn.to/34ijNCT
[for the toppings]
- 1 and 1/2 cup Frozen Grated Coconut (or freshly grated coconut) – https://amzn.to/2WsyGOu
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar – https://amzn.to/3moglNa
Steps
- Soak the black rice and sweet rice for 2 days in the water
- Drain water and grind the rice until
- Transfer the ground rice to a bowl and combine it with glutinous rice flour until you achieve the clay-like texture. Adjust the consistency by adding glutinous rice flour if the mixture is too wet.
- Once the mixture is clay-like, grate it using a cheese grater
- Shape the grated mixture into a log shape
- Set up a steamer with boiling water
- Prepare a tray and line with foil
- Grease the foil with butter
- Place the Puto Bumbong mixture on top the lined foil and place it a steamer and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until you reach the cooked sticky rice texture
- Top with brown sugar and freshly granted coconut
- Serve it!
