Filipino Desserts

Ingredients:
3 cups sweet rice flour
1.5 cups of water
1 small coconut, grated
1 cup white sugar
¼ cup toasted sesame seeds, crushed

Directions:
1. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil.
2. In a bowl, combine rice flour and 1.5 cups of water and blend thoroughly. Cover your hands with flour, shape dough into egg sized ovals and flatten with your thumbs.
3. Drop palitaw balls in boiling water. Scoop out with clotted spoon when the palitaw balls float.
4. Roll in grated coconut and white sugar. Top with toasted sesame seeds.

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2 Responses

1. Marie Says:
   May 18th, 2010 at 5:07 am

   i miss this palitaw, we use to eat this as snack with my officemates

2. Cathy Hildebrand Says:
   May 23rd, 2010 at 6:16 pm

   Thanks for the video of Palitaw in English. I made my first today and they came out perfectly. My Filipino friends loved them.

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