We Made Puto!

What is Puto? Puto is a kind of steamed rice cake here in the Philippines. It comes in many forms and can be eaten in a variety of ways. I grew up loving this little concoction so you could just imagine my delighted surprise when our helper told my brother and I that she was planning to make some after lunchtime. Obviously, I was hyper all afternoon helping out and watching the whole process of making puto.

The blue and red ones aren't the traditional shapes of puto. Those actually look like small candles :D These rice cakes come in the size of those small violet ones. The picture isn't that good and the perspective of this shot is kinda weird but I can assure you, they are smaller. 

Anyhoo, the whole process started off with Ate Lenny, our helper, straining two cups of rice and making sure most of the water got drained before using this baby.

I don't remember what that's called but we used it to make the rice fine enough like flour. Then we added some milk and sugar and baking soda. And of course, food coloring.

Then we did this.

Steamed it until it puffed up and then placed slices of cheese on top. Sorry, I'm obviously very new to describing something like this. 

And again, the top picture.

TADA! Puto for the family :-D Yay ❤❤❤

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THE ROAD SO FAR...

Because I feel bad for not updating my blog as often as I should, here's a very fast and efficient way to give an update about what's happened so far in my life (if you're interested). Will be doing my best to write more. Even if it's mundane. 

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