Kakanin

Biko, Nilupak & Kalamay na Mais by Toyang Noresa.

Kakanin is a whole genre of Filipino delicacies whose main ingredient is usually rice, sometimes corn or a root crop like cassava.

Puto Bumbong

Featured photo courtesy of Mayette Garcia.

A popular kakanin (rice delicacy) during the Christmas holidays, puto bumbong is purple-colored rice steamed in bamboo tubes and served with grated coconut and brown sugar.

Suman

Photo by Angie Pastor of Suman with Mango.

Suman is a thin cylindrical rice cake wrapped in banana leaves or palm leaves.

Tupig

Photos by Papus Bueno. Tupig is a kakanin (rice delicacy) of the Ilocos region of Northern Luzon in the Philippines!

Biko

Biko topped with latik made and photographed by Angie Pastor. For orders in Manila: 09369815475

In the Philippines, BIKO is the name of popular sweet treat whose main ingredient is sticky rice. It is a favorite thing to eat in the lead up towards the New Year.

Cuchinta

Cuchinta are rice “cakes” with a dense, sticky texture. They’re almost like thick flat circular pieces of very firm jello.

Have you ever seen black-colored kutsinta? With yema sauce and brown toasted coconut?

Pirurutong / Parirutong

Featured photo taken by Rica R. in Lucban, Quezon. Pirurutong is purple glutinous rice… usually prepared by first grinding into a flour (galapong), then frying as maruya or pancakes.

Puto

Puto by Angie Pastor. This is the Filipino rice delicacy, not the Spanish curse word. 🙂

Palitaw

Palitao are rice patties cooked in boiling water, drained, then served topped with grated coconut, toasted sesame seeds, and white sugar.

In the Tagalog language, palitaw means “to surface” and this refers to the flat oval-shaped pieces of rice dough floating to the top of boiling water once they are cooked.

Suman sa Latik

Photos by Mildred Cruz of Suman sa Latik…

Suman are cylindrical rice “cakes” wrapped in leaves, while Latik in this particular case is a sweet coconut sauce.

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