Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Filipino Food Series: Lola Sayong’s Suman w/ Coconut Jam (Traditional Glutinous Rice Cake)

Filipino Food Series: Lola Sayong’s Suman w/ Coconut Jam (Traditional Glutinous Rice Cake).

You can have Filipino Food Series: Lola Sayong’s Suman w/ Coconut Jam (Traditional Glutinous Rice Cake) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Filipino Food Series: Lola Sayong’s Suman w/ Coconut Jam (Traditional Glutinous Rice Cake)

1. You need 2 1/2 cups of glutinous rice.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of water.
3. It's 2 tablespoon of lye water.
4. You need 1 cup of Coconut milk.
5. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.

Filipino Food Series: Lola Sayong’s Suman w/ Coconut Jam (Traditional Glutinous Rice Cake) step by step

1. Wash the glutinous rice until the water is almost clear. Soak the glutinous rice in water overnight.
2. Drain the water and then add the lye water then mix.
3. Wrap two spoonful or glutinous rice in soft banana leaves (run banana leaves over fire to make it soft). Tie pairs of rice cakes together with strings or straw.
4. I used a small sauce pan for 8 pcs of rice cake pairs compact and added 2-3 cups of water. Let it cook for about 2 and half hours in medium fire.
5. For the coconut jam. Boil the coconut milk mixed with sugar until it’s golden brown and thick..