PUTO MAYA

(TRADITIONAL FOOD FOR SPECIAL DAY)

  puto maya i triangular shape in banana leaves

In the comment thread of my Lasang Pinoy 5 entry, Sha mentioned that

puto bumbong was not popular in Cebu the way puto maya was. Puto,

of course, means rice cake and both puto bumbong and puto maya are

variations of the basic thing.

puto maya (seems like rice cake)

What is puto maya? It is glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and,

just like puto bumbong, eaten with a mixture of niyog (grated coconut)

and sugar.

puto maya with cocoa drinks

The choicest part of puto maya is the tutong?the crust that forms

at the bottom of the pan. In the photo above, taken at a potluck

Christmas party last week, the rice cakes were moulded and the

tutong arranged on top of each cake as a garnish.

My lola (grandmother) used to cook this classic Filipino delicacy often when my brother and I were still in grade school. She would call us (her house was next to ours) when the puto maya was still warm and we would eat with gusto. Haven���t tried cooking it myself yet. I will, though. Sometime.

puto maya,mango and cocoa drinks

puto maya, usually eaten early in the morning with cocoa/tsokolate;

wrapped in banana leaves in triangle shape. this is very common in

our province in cebu and davao. i like eating my puto maya just

with sugar and sometimes, powedered milk and sugar.

This is my puto maya... a bit of disaster but still eatable. hahaha...

I asked this recipe from my mother through texting. i just reduced

the ingredients since i just wanted to try it and just missed eating

puto maya. it was soggy and mushy maybe because i used rice

cooker instead of cooking it over low heat over the stove top.

when the rice cooker lighted on warm, the glutinous rice wasn't

yet cooked.

puto maya in a banana leaves

so i decided to transfer it to the satove top and added coconut milk

since the bottom was starting to get burned. i almost lost hope and

thought that it willbe a disaster! it tasted puto maya, only mushy.

I melted some chocolate chips and drizzle over the puto maya but

the rest, i just had addtional sugar.

PUTO MAYA with Cocoa drinks

This was from my mother: cook the 1 kl. glutinous rice with 3 cups coconut milk, thumb-size ginger, 2 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. salt. combine the sugar and salt with the coconut milk before pouring over the glutinous rice. cook over low heat just until the rice is cooked.i hope the next time i make this, it will be much better.