Medium
Filipino
Suman
Sweet sticky rice cake wrapped in banana leaves - traditional Filipino kakanin.
100
Total Minutes
8
Servings
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
45 min
Prep Time
55 min
Cook Time
100 min
Total Time
Ingredients (6 items)
2.00 cups
Glutinous rice
soaked overnight
2.00 cups
Coconut milk
1.00 tsp
Salt
10.00 pieces
Banana leaves
cleaned and cut
1.00 cup
Brown sugar
for latik
1.00 cup
Grated coconut
for latik
Instructions (6 steps)
1
Cook rice in coconut milk and salt until tender.
25 minutes
2
Let rice cool until manageable to handle.
3
Wrap portions of rice in banana leaves.
4
Steam wrapped suman for 30 minutes.
30 minutes
5
Make latik by cooking coconut and sugar until caramelized.
15 minutes
6
Serve suman with latik on top.