Favorite Filipino Delicacy

Favorite Filipino Delicacy

Puto and Sikwate (tsokolate)

Before bread, pancakes, and even cereal invaded the Cebu and Visayan breakfast tables, there was puto and sikwate.

Puto in Cebu is steamed sticky rice which is gradually mixed with coconut milk while being cooked. To taste, sugar, small amounts of salt, and ginger are added. Sikwate, on the other hand, is hot choco drink from chocolate tablets called tabliya made of dried and pulverized cacao seeds.

Here are the recipe of puto.

Ingredients:

2 cups of sticky rice

Coconut milk (the more coconut milk, the better)

Salt

Sugar- depend on how sweet you want it to 

Instructions:

1.) Put the 2 cups of sticky rice in a pan or you can simply used rice cooker in this process. Rinse the sticky rice with water. Add the whole can of coconut milk, little salt, sugar and ginger.

2.) Let it cooked on medium high heat. That's it!

3.) Once the coconut milk is gone turn it low.

Here are the recipe of sikwate.

Ingredients:  

Tableya 

Water

Sugar- depends on the exact taste you wanted

Instructions:

The ratio on a perfect Sikwate is (1 tableya into 1 cup of water). Just simple put the tableya and water in large pan and let it boil to perfection. Add brown sugar and serve it on your favorite mug. 

My reasons for choosing this delicacy.

 My lola used to cook this delicacy when we were little. We always love and remember her when my tita's now are cooking puto and sikwate whenever there are occasions like birthday's, holy week and all soul's day. 

 The taste of puto and sikwate never faded. There is even a part of the public market Dumaguete City, called painitan to satisfy people's breakfast and meryenda.

 It always give me the pleasure of reminiscing my childhood memories then. Of any other delicacies, I won't trade puto and sikwate because it was the first delicacy I've known and maybe the last delicacy I would love to eat forever.