![]() Package of Palitaw | |
Type | Rice cake |
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Place of origin | Philippines |
Main ingredients | Glutinous rice,coconut,mascobado,sesame seeds |
Similar dishes | Buchi,Mache,Masi,Moche |
Palitaw (ᜉᜎᜒᜆᜏ᜔) (fromlitaw, the Tagalog word for "float" or "rise") is a small, flat, sweetrice cake eaten in thePhilippines. They are made fromgalapong - washed, soaked, and groundmalagkit (sticky rice). After excess water is let out from the grinding process, scoops of the batter are rolled and flattened to a circular shape and cooked by dropping into boiling water; floating to the surface is an indication that they are done. Before serving, they are dipped in gratedcoconut, and presented with a separate mix ofsugar and toastedsesame seeds.[1]There are many different kinds of Palitaw including Chocolate Palitaw, which is made like a regular one but with an added flavor of chocolate. There are many small businesses in the industry that sell chocolate Palitaw.
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