Palitaw

Palitaw
Rice cake
Package of palitaw
Place of origin:
Philippines
Main ingredient(s):
Glutinous rice, coconut
Recipes at Wikibooks:
Palitaw
Media at Wikimedia Commons:
Palitaw

Palitaw (from litaw, the Tagalog word for "float" or "rise") is a small, flat, sweet rice cake eaten in the Philippines. They are made from malagkit (sticky rice) washed, soaked, and then ground. After excess water is let out from the grinding process scoops of the batter are rolled and the flattened to disk shapes and dropped into boiling water where they float to the surface as flat discs - an indication that they're done. When served, the flat discs are dipped in grated coconut, and presented with a separate dip made of sugar and toasted sesame seeds.^[1]

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