Hello itinerants all over the world and steem community! To start our year, I would like to share this traditional Filipino food and how to make one. Wherever you are on earth, you can easily make this since the ingredients are just easy to find in the market. I just thought of sharing this because as I am writing this, I am craving for one.

Puto maya is a popular Filipino glutinous rice cake flavored with coconut milk and ginger. You will surely love its sweetness and a little bit salty flavor, In most provinces like Cebu, it is commonly served during breakfast and best served with sikwate. Sikwate is a pure cocoa chocolate drink.

We also have a funny phrase associated with this Filipino local food, we say "gaya-gaya puto maya" which means that someone is copying someone else. The word "gaya" simply means in Filipino "imititate". Isn't it funny? And, simply adding word with "puto" which means cake.

THE INGREDIENTS IN TWELVE SERVINGS!

1 and 1/2 cups of pulverized coconut
1 and 1/2 cups of glutinous or sticky rice.
1 cup of regular rice
2 and 3/4 cups of coconut milk
1 of cup water
1/2 of cup sugar

PROCEDURE FOR MAKING PUTO MAYA

Mix the glutinous and regular rice.

Then add the water and coconut milk. Do stir it well.

Boil the mixture or until the rice is soft and fully cooked. (Estimatedly 10-15 minutes)

Then, you may use a spoon to pack the rice into muffin molds. Then let it cool.

After cooling, remove the rice cakes from the molds and transfer to a serving dish.

You may put coconut and brown sugar as its toppings.

For businesses, you may wrap it with banana leaf in any forms you prefer.

That's basically it for today! I hope I'd make your mouth waters!