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Palitaw

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Name	Palitaw
Category	Appetizers & Snacks
Serves/Yields	4
Difficulty	Easy
Prep. Time	10 min
Cook Time	1 min
Introduction
	Palitaw is a Tagalog term for this dessert or snack. Palitaw is a native Filipino snack made with galapong--a soft dough or batter (depending on the amount of water) made with rice flour and water-- cooked quickly in briskly boiling water, rolled in niyog ( freshly gratedcoconut) and served with a mixture of white sugar and toasted linga (sesame seeds). The name is derived from the Filipino word litaw, literally to surface.The name is descriptive of the way palitaw is cooked--the dough is dropped in a casserole of boiling water and when it rises to the surface after about 30 seconds, it is fully cooked.
Ingredients
	2 cups sweet rice flour 1 cup of water toasted sesame seeds sugar (better if powdered sugar) shredded coconut or coconut flakes
Directions
Step: 1	Bring 4 cups of water in a Pan. Put 1 cup of flour in a mixing bowl. slowly add the water while mixing. Gradually put the rest of the flour then knit until it form into a dough Roll into small pieces and faltten it with your pal. Put it on the boiling water. Cake would float when its cooked. Place into a cold water to cool. Sprinkle the coconut, sugar and sesame seed and serve.

Time submitted: Saturday, June 18. 2005 at 18:26:41
Contributed By: guido

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