Maja Blanca #StreetFood
A very easy way to make and you can buy in the streets, markets or rolling cart. Maja Blanca Recipe is a Filipino authentic dessert or delicacy. It is made from coconut milk and corn starch. The most popular form of this is the Maja Blanca Mais.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1 cup rice flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
3 tbsp sweet corn kernel
4 cup fresh coconut milk or water
1/2 cup grated frozen buko (optional)
Procedures:
1). Boil thick coconut milk in a saucepan until the oil is extracted and the precipitate forms into a dark brown color. This is called latik. Drain the latik from the oil and set aside.
2). Grease a 13-inch rectangular dish with coconut oil. Set aside. In a medium saucepan, blend rice flour, sugar,sweet corn kernels, cornstarch, and fresh coconut milk. Stir in grated buko (if used).
3). Boil over slow heat, stirring constantly to prevent lumps, until mixture is clear for about 3-5 minutes.
4). Pour hot mixture into prepared dish and allow to set. Sprinkle latik on top. Cool before slicing.
5). When rice flour is not available, soak 2 cups rice in 2 cups water overnight. Put through blender and process until smooth.