Suman sa Ibus

(Photo by: Elmer Nocheseda)

Suman sa Ibus is a rice cake originating from the Philippines.  It is  made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and often steamed in banana leaves.  It is served wrapped in buli or buri palm leaves and usually eaten sprinkled with sugar. 

Ingredients:

3 cups Sticky Rice (Glutinous Rice)

2 cups coconut milk

1 tbsp. salt

young Coconut Leaves (Wrapping)


Procedure:



1.  Wash rice and place it is a bowl and soak the rice in coconut milk and salt. Leave it for 2o minutes or until the rice absorb the coconut milk.

2.  Wrap the mixture (do not fill then up completely)

3.  Place the Suman in a large bowl. Fill them with water until the Suman is completely immersed.
4.  Boil it for 25 minutes until the Suman is cooked.

5.  Serve it with sugar and mango.



Wrapping Option: You can use banana leaves but you need to cook the rice first (3 cups of rice to 3 cups of water combined with coconut milk) wrap it using banana leaves and steam for a while. The leaves will give a natural aroma to the rice. Desperately enough, you can use aluminum foil instead.