Philippines

Kutsinta

Name: Kutsinta
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 2 cups water; 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/4 cup tapioca starch; 1/4 tsp dissolved in 1 tsp water baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for greasing; 1 cup fresh to serve fresh grated coconut

Little brown jelly cakes, bouncy and caramelly, wearing a hat of fresh coconut.

75 minTime

3 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayMade with lye water, lihia, for the classic chew.

The original

255kcal

3 gprotein

2 gfibre

75minutes

Kutsinta as Filipino markets sell it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Brown sugar¾ cup, packed

Water2 cups

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Tapioca starch¼ cup

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)¼ tsp, dissolved in 1 tsp water

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for greasing

Fresh grated coconut1 cup fresh, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Dissolve the brown sugar in the warm water and let it cool.
2Whisk the maida and tapioca starch, whisk in the sugar water, then the dissolved soda. Strain and rest 10 minutes.
3Grease 12 small moulds or katoris and fill them three quarters full.
4Steam with a cloth wrapped lid until set.
5Cool completely before unmoulding, then top with grated coconut.

Serve it like this

Arrange on a plate in a ring with a small heap of grated coconut on each.

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