Palitaw Recipe

Palitaw (litaw meaning appear, float, to surface) are poached rice cakes drenched in grated coconut meat and sugar with toasted sesame seeds. Native to the Philippines, it is named as such because you know when its done when the rice cake floats or appears to the surface of the water. It is a rice patties with sesame seeds, sugar, and coconut.

Ingredients:

2 cup sweet rice flour
1 cup water
1 cup grated coconut
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp sesame seeds roasted
1/2 cup    water

Cooking Instructions:

Combine rice flour with water in a mixing bowl. Mix until well blended and dough like. Make a small ball shape and flatten the dough using palm. Repeat procedure until mixture finished. Boil water in a pot. Place dough in boiling water; wait until dough floats. Remove and set aside. Roll the dough in coconut flakes  and cover with sugar and sesame seed. Repeat procedure for the rest of the dough. Serve on a platter.