International Recipes
Boiled Rice Cakes (Palitao)
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweet rice powder (sold in Oriental food stores)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Combine the sweet rice powder and 1/2 cup water and blend well.
- Boil 1 1/2 quarts water in saucepan.
- Form the mixture into small balls, flatten, and drop into boiling water. When dough
floats, remove from water and roll balls in grated coconut.
- Spread sesame seeds on cookie sheet and toast at 350 degrees F until brown.
- Mix seeds with sugar and sprinkle on top of palitao.