Rice Muffins Gluten Free
I was experimenting with spices in my kitchen and decided to make Filipino rice muffins or Puto. The recipe is only requires a few ingredients; white rice flour, coconut milk, and sugar. Puto is a fermented steamed rice cake produced in the Philippines, and can be eaten daily for breakfast, dessert or an afternoon snack.
*Puto is made from rice that is soaked overnight, ground and mixed with sugar and coconut milk. The recipe uses anise seed as a spice, but I didn't have any anise seeds, so I used ground allspice instead. Although, the ground allspice lacks the licorice flavor of anise, it has the flavors of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. The other alternative is caraway seeds, which has a sufficient licorice flavor for this recipe, but it is a bit strong and bitter for my liking.
This recipe turned out delish.
Ingredients:
2 cups Bob's Red Mill white rice flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup coconut milk or 1 can 13.5 Fl oz coconut milk
1 tsp anise seeds or 1 tsp ground allspice
1 cup freshly grated coconut
Wilson Gel Food color (Pink, Purple or color of your choice)
Cheese (optional)
You can bake or steam:
Steamer: steam for 30 minutes
Oven: Bake for 15 min preheated the oven for 350 degrees F.
Method:
Sift the first four ingredients in a fine mesh sieve into a glass bowl, pressing down any lumps until they go through. Add the coconut milk to the sifted mixture and blend well to make a smooth batter. Add anise seeds or ground allspice. Mix and blend thoroughly.
Divide the batter into 3 bowls about 1 cup each. Place 1 drop for each food color of your choice and mix until combined. You can adjust the amount of food coloring until you get your desired colors.
Fill greased cupcakes liners, Puto molds or greased ramikens about 2/3 full. Add the cheese slices in the middle (optional).
Cook in a steamer for 30 minutes or bake to preheated oven to 350° F for 15 minutes, until the toothpick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Serve and topped with grated coconut.
*What does Puto mean?
The Puto came from the Malay word " Puttu," which means, portioned. The article below explains the origins of Puto...
https://www.pepper.ph/the-history-behind-7-of-our-favorite-kakanin/
Ingredients:
2 cups Bob's Red Mill white rice flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup coconut milk or 1 can 13.5 Fl oz coconut milk
1 tsp anise seeds or 1 tsp ground allspice
1 cup freshly grated coconut
Cheese (optional)
You can bake or steam:
Steamer: steam for 30 minutes
Oven: Bake for 15 min preheated the oven for 350 degrees F.
Method:
Sift the first four ingredients in a fine mesh sieve into a glass bowl, pressing down any lumps until they go through. Add the coconut milk to the sifted mixture and blend well to make a smooth batter. Add anise seeds or ground allspice. Mix and blend thoroughly.
Divide the batter into 3 bowls about 1 cup each. Place 1 drop for each food color of your choice and mix until combined. You can adjust the amount of food coloring until you get your desired colors.
Serve and topped with grated coconut.
*What does Puto mean?
The Puto came from the Malay word " Puttu," which means, portioned. The article below explains the origins of Puto...
https://www.pepper.ph/the-history-behind-7-of-our-favorite-kakanin/
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