Puto Bumbong

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
salt
sugar

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 coconut shred and sugar before serving.

Note: The lansungan or a specially made steamer is constructed with two protruding tubes on a kettle like shaped steamer. The tubes are for holding the bamboo tubes filled with the puto bumbong mixture in order for the steam to pass through.

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