Filipino Delicacy: Suman

By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
Philippines
May 25, 2016 9:08am CST
One of the favorites in Filipino delicacy is 'suman'-- the glutinous rice cooked and wrapped with young coconut leaves and then cooked again. Some occasion, the cooking will be done with the coconut milk. The uniqueness is on the coconut leaves wrapping. The cooked glutinous rice is tastier and meaner because of the coconut leaves. In many occasions, the party like birthday and fiesta is incomplete if you do not served this delicacy. One of my favorites, indeed.
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@cessy_08 (306)
• Dublin, Ireland
25 May 16
This post made me crave for some of these! I'd love it especially when eaten with some muscovado sugar on the side - yum!
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
25 May 16
that's it, the perfect pair, the muscovado...
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@cessy_08 (306)
• Dublin, Ireland
1 Jun 16
@ilocosboy Definitely!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
25 May 16
Somehow I don't think that I would like this "suman" thing. I am not crazy about rice and coconut.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
26 May 16
@ilocosboy I don't think there is a chance for that.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
26 May 16
But I hope you have tried this one @marlina
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 May 16
I love that especially eating it with sweet ripe mangoes, that is also called "ibus" in other Philippine dialects
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 May 16
@ilocosboy i could it it with anything, even brown sugar or dried squid lol
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
25 May 16
we can also served this with sugarcane moss
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@Chungshop (2355)
25 May 16
Cambodia, Sticky rice
we have this also rice wrap with coconut leaves and cook with coconut milk, but the shape is different. When I was in Cambodia in month October call the soul day, the people prepare this rice wrap with banana leaves, See picyure
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
26 May 16
we have also a kind of delicacy wrapped in banana leaves, but the difference is that in suman the rice is not grated while in the grinded one we call it tupig.
@jobelbojel (35356)
• Philippines
25 May 16
I like the sugarless ones. Delicacy like this is my favorite.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
26 May 16
we used muscovado or sugarcane sweet in suman, but mostly we used also brown sugar
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
25 May 16
I like that suman in the picture called "suman sa ibos" originally from Antipolo City, Philippines. It is not so sweet and wrapped in buri leaves, another kind of palm tree.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
26 May 16
that is the correct description, I guess, not so sweet,
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 May 16
I would definitely like to try it. It sounds delicious!
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
26 May 16
Yes @dianne it really taste good
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