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How to Make Puto Bumbong
Manny
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Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
10
minutes
mins
Total Time
20
minutes
mins
Course
Native Delicacies
Cuisine
Filipino
Servings
6
servings
Ingredients
1
kilogram
malagkit
glutinous rice, mixed with 125 grams ordinary rice
1
pc mature coconut
shredded
butter or margarine
violet food coloring
banana leaves
water for steaming the puto bumbong and soaking the rice
salt
sugar
Instructions
How to cook puto bumbong:
Soak malagkit and ordinary rice mixture in salted water with violet food coloring for 1 hour.
Let dry overnight by putting inside a flour sack.
Put something heavy on top to squeeze out water.
Mixture is ready for cooking the following morning.
Heat steamer (lansungan) with enough water.
Put a small amount of rice mixture inside bamboo tubes (bumbong).
Attached bamboo tubes to lansungan or steamer.
When steam comes out of bamboo tubes, remove and immediately push out puto bumbong.
Top with shredded coconut and sugar before serving.