“KAKANIN” or GLUTINOUS RICE PASTRIES

hello simplyD, Oh,I love the kakanin called "tungbo" in the Northern part of Luzon. I am not sure if you ever heard or you have same kind of kakanin in your place. The grind glutinous rice with brown sugar is stuffed inside a bamboo and then cooked like grilling fish or meat. Now,I miss it. have a good day jaiho®

Hi SIMPLYD! I love kakanin!!!! I love a lot of puto and that includes kutsinta, sapin-sapin, and others which I do not know the name. I love the kind of puto with cheese on top and added with coconut gratings. I definitely love biko!!! I'm not sure if we are talking about the same biko here but our biko is usually added with sugar and coconut gratings. They can be eaten as it is or mixed in champorado. And the, your suman is probably our sinukmane, the brownish kakanin with latik on top. I remember I saw a vendor who rode the same jeepney with me carrying his products which included sinukmane. I wanted to buy but he got off already before I can even decide on buying! Our suman by the way, is the cooked glutinous rice wrapped in coconut leaves either dipped in sugar or placed in a cup of hot chocolate.

now this one is my favorite of all the recipes/food you have already discussed. i remember grandma used to tell story about me. while i was still a baby, they used to put me on the table while they are preparing biko, suman, and others. they said, even when the kakanins are not yet cooked or still hot from the oven, i would use my fingers to taste them. i used to be their food taster.

I like all those that you indicated in your list but biko is in the top of my list because all the "kakanins" you mentioned, it's the only one that I can prepare myself. You just need a "malagkit" coconut milk and brown sugar and you can already prepare a "biko".

I do! I do! I do! My favorites are patopat, palitaw, kutsinta and sapin sapin. I don't know if people are familiar with the patopat (I don't know how it's called elsewhere) I think it's from the Ilocos-Pangasinan area. Glutinous rice wrapped with coconut leaves (I think) into squares and cooked with molasses (I think).

yumyum!! well kakanin is very popular here in philippines and now that christmas is coming kakanins are the one of foods that is commonly served and specially during misa de gallo kakanins are evrywhere.. the common kakanins are puto,suman,kutsinta and biko..

I like the "palitaw" i even make it during weekends for me and the kids to eat! It is easy to make:) Aside from that i also love biko especially when it is still a bit hot. Wow SimplyD yesterday i responded a discussion you made also about food.. hahaah it is making me hungry!

I always love to eat, and we're lucky enough to have a rich delicacies full of delicious and truly mouth-watering treats. In terms of "kakanin", I really love "bibingka" the one with the "Latik" on top. I also like "puto" (especially the ones from Calasiao), "kutsinta" with grated coconut on top, "suman" and "kalamay" from Pampanga. Now, I am hungry again thinking about those delicious "kakanin".

i prefer kutsinta over bibingka. in fact, i love kutsinta more than any kakanin!

I like some "kakanins" like "kutsinta". I also like this "galapong" which has a sweet taste and very soft texture. I like most of our "kakanins" but what I don't like "buchi" and "pichipichi" at all. Your discussion makes me crave for these foods.

I grew up eating "sinukmane" or "biko" and suman with coco jam or "matamis na bao", as my father loves to cook this especially during holiweek and all saint's day. I also like "sapin-sapin"

Condensed milk and coconut milk, I have not done that yet. Our latik here is only made up of brown sugar and coconut milk. I'll try that. The most that I like is the "puto maya". It is cooked by mixing white sugar, coconut milk, glutinous rice and a little ginger juice.

My father hails from Bulacan. And over there, kakanin is a big thing and almost a staple dessert item. But for the life of me, I'm not very fond of kakanin. If ever I will eat kakanin, I always stick to biko (but I don't like the "too-sweet" kind), and maybe some maja-blanca. I like suman too, but only the pale one, not the one with latik. My father, on the other hand, loves kakanin. All kinds! :D

I like binignit with glutinous rice. I like it. Personally, a kakanin? I like sapin-sapin. Chewy and tasty. My family loves it. I also like puto cheese. hehe..oh I like food. :)

I like biko and suman. I obviously like sweet kakanins. It's just funny that we have so many varieties and different names to those kind of foods: biko, puto, kutsinta, suman, bibingka, latik, tupig, etc. and yet it only has one name on the English language which is rice cake :)

I think "kakanin" made from all kinds of rice not just glutinous is part of Philippine culture and the romance that comes with it. You will not find a single place in the Philippines that does not have a version of a rice snack or dish, think this is because of our "rice culture" similar to our Asian neighbors where we hold rice at a high esteem and even treating it sacred. I love all kinds of kakanin and every time I travel in any part of the country, I see to it that I get to taste what kakanin it has to offer and try to remember the name.

I have never heard of kakanins before.I guess perhaps it is a kind of rice cake or dessert made of glutinous rice.I like sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice floor very much.It is indispensable to the Lantern festival-the 15th of the Ist lunar month here.

Yes our country is rich in rice recipes like aroz valenciana, paella, okoy, puto, kalamay and so much more. They are rich in carbohydrates and glucose which gives us an extra energy. Of course I eat many rice recipes depends on the occasion.

I have no clue about all the food you mentioned, but you make it sound so delicious! If I can find a Phillipine Restaraunt, do you think they serve any of those? Everyone has such nice sounding foreign food, I really need some Phillipine friends who could cook some for me. Maybe if I had one, we could take turns cooking for each other!

hi:) I like biko too and puto, but my favorite is the puto bumbong, haha actually that's what I miss about simbang gabi:D I like to partner it with goto or pancit also will do. YUM!... hehe this post makes me crave for that kind of food:D