Palitaw is a term used to call a sweet flat rice cake that is eaten in the Philippines as a snack or dessert. Originally, grounded or pounded sticky rice is used to make this but more and more people now use glutinous rice flour for efficiency.
Ingredients
2 cups glutinous rice flour ½ cup semi brown sugar (regular sugar is fine too)
1 cup water ½ cup sesame seeds, roasted (you can find ready-made roasted sesame seeds at asian stores)
1 cup grated coconut (or frozen grated coconut, also can be found at the freezer section at asian stores)
Instructions
Combine glutinous rice flour with water and mix until a dough is formed.
Scoop about 2 tablespoons of dough then mold it into a ball-shaped figure.
Flatten the ball-shaped dough using the palm of your hands.
Boil water in a cooking pot then put-in the flattened dough.
When the flattened dough starts to float, remove them from the pot and set it aside allowing water to drip.
Combine sugar and roasted sesame seeds in a separate bowl, mix well.
Roll the rice cake in grated coconut then in the sugar-sesame seed mixture.
Arrange in a serving plate then serve.
Share and enjoy!
source: http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/01/24/flat-rice-cake-palitaw-recipe/
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