HOW TO MAKE
PUTO?
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the learners
(parents/students/observers) must have:
Identified the ingredients of
puto.
Identified the nutritional value of
puto.
Baked a finished product of puto.
What is Puto?
(ANO ANG PUTO?)
Puto is a Filipino snack that is served
any time of the year. It is the perfect
dish to bring to a gathering or potluck
because it’s easy to eat and to
transport. It is a steamed sweet cake
that is traditionally made from ground
rice.
It is usually served as snack or as
accompaniment to savory dishes
such as dinuguan or pancit in
Philippine cuisine.
NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF PUTO
Puto has an average-calorie, average-
carb, average-fat and average-
protein content.
The average fat content of this
product makes it suitable to be eaten
when trying to lose weight.
It has an average density of Sodium,
thus making it suitable for a low-
sodium diet.
Our comprehensive nutrition ranking
methodology, which inspects every
nutrition element that this food is
composed of, comes up with a
nutrition ranking of 18, for Puto, and
we advise that this food sparingly.
Ingredients in Making Puto
(MGA PANAKOT SA PAGHIMO SANG PUTO)
2 cups of rice (variety of rice RC10)
¼ kilo of refined sugar
1 cup day- old cooked rice (BAHAW)
1 cup coconut oil (GATA)
1 tablespoon of baking powder
Iodized salt (to taste)
Cheese (strip cut)
Materials needed:
non-reactive bowl for soaking
rice; fine-holed colander for
draining, or a large strainer;
blender; large piece of muslin or
clean kitchen towel
Procedure in Making Puto
(Proseso sa Paghimo Sang Puto)
1. Wash the rice twice, draining both times, then
add the 4 cups of water and soak for 24-48
hours, but at the very least 8 hours.
2. DRAIN, reserving the soaking water and
putting it back in with the rest of the rice. Run
through a blender with just enough of the
soaking water to keep the machine moving.
Wrap in muslin and drain forb 24 hours, hung
from a post or kitchen cabinet knob, with a
bowl underneath to catch any drips.
4. Let the remaining rice sit for 18 more
hours in the soaking water, covered
with a clean kitchen cloth (DON’T LET
THE CLOTH TOUCH THE RICE OR THE
WATER). After 18 hours, drain,
reserving the water. Run through the
blender along with 2 tablespoons of
day-old cooked rice, 2 tablespoons
sugar, plus the soaking water, just
enough for the mixture to keep
moving in the blender..
You will have a very thick batter.
Let this mixture sit 6 more hours,
covered with a clean kitchen cloth
4. Combine the batter the refined
sugar, coconut milk baking
powder and iodized salt to taste
mix well. Poured on a lined
stainless can with pre-cut banana
leaf.
6. Steam a small amount in a greased
puto molder for 15 minutes over
medium heat. Evaluate how the
mixture rises, how sweet it is, if you
need to balance out the flavors by
adding a bit more salt, etc. If you
think the puto would benefit from
some baking powder, add up to 1
tablespoon, depending on how well
the fermentation worked. How much
the natural leavening has been
developed.
SOURCES
Web Sources:
WIKIPEDIA THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
PREPARED BY:
MIYUKI
NUMATA
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