Biko is a
common recipe in the Philippines and another glutinous rice treat simply cooked
with coconut milk and brown sugar. This is commonly categorized locally as “kakanin”
or dessert . The cooking process is very simple and can be done by anyone.
Ingredients:
2 cups
glutinous rice (malagkit rice)
2 cups coconut
milk
2 cups
coconut milk (for latik)
2 cups brown
sugar
2 ½ cups
water
½ tsp. salt
How to cook the Biko:
- Thoroughly wash the glutinous rice, combine it with water and cook (the same way you cook ordinary white rice)
- In a separate pan, combine the coconut milk, brown sugar and salt. Keep stirring until it becomes thick.
- Once the glutinous rice is cooked, and the milk sugar is thick, scoop the glutinous rice and add it to the milk – sugar mixture and mix them well together. (keep the milk-sugar mixture in a low fire while mixing it with rice).
- Place the cooked biko in a flat serving plate and flatten it.
- Spread the latik on top, serve and eat :D
How to cook Latik:
- In a saucepan, pour 2 cups of coconut milk and bring to boil
- Stir continuously until almost all the liquid is gone (will take around 10 to 15 minutes)
- Once the residue turns brown and the oil is separated already, scoop the residue (this will be the “latik” you put on top of the biko)
