Philippines

Puto Bumbong

Name: Puto Bumbong
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 300 g Purple sticky rice (pirurutong); 100 g White sticky rice; 100 g Grated coconut; 80 g Muscovado sugar; some Butter; as needed Bamboo tubes

Purple sticky rice from bamboo tubes

Puto bumbong is a purple Filipino sticky rice steamed in bamboo tubes at Christmas time.

Served with butter, grated coconut and muscovado sugar, it belongs to the festivities of Advent.

Servings4

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Purple sticky rice (pirurutong)300 g
White sticky rice100 g
Grated coconut100 g
Muscovado sugar80 g
Buttersome
Bamboo tubesas needed

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the sticky rice and grind coarsely.
Fill into narrow bamboo tubes.
Steam until the rice is set.
Carefully push out of the tubes.
Serve with butter, coconut and muscovado.

Make it original

Sticky rice and muscovado are in the Asia Boutique.

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