About this dish
Flat, chewy rice cakes coated in coconut and sugar, a simple and beloved Filipino sweet.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups glutinous rice flour
🫙1 cup water
🥥1 cup grated coconut
🍬1/2 cup sugar mixed with toasted sesame
Method
Serves 21
Knead rice flour with water into a soft dough.2
Flatten small portions into thin oval discs.3
Boil the discs in water until they float to the surface.4
Drain and roll the cooked discs in grated coconut.5
Sprinkle with sugar and toasted sesame seeds before serving.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Palitaw is a traditional Filipino rice snack, its name meaning 'to float,' referring to how the dumplings rise once cooked.
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