Again, someone posted in FB some native Filipino delicacies last night and I suddenly had craving for steamed puto at 10:30 pm. Traditionally, steamed puto is made from rice but that is quite tedious to make so I'll settle for a quick one. Yup, it took me less than an hour to make 10 medium size puto. Enough for our entire household. This recipe is flour based. Ingredients are pretty staple. Great for breakfast or eaten with pancit palabok or pancit guisado...our local noodle dishes.
The success of this puto lies in your baking powder and ensure water is boiling when you steam the puto as the volume or height will depend on those. Check expiry date of your baking powder or better yet, use self raising flour.
Here's the recipe...
Ingredients:
1 c self-raising flour *
1/2 c sugar
2/3 c coconut milk or fresh milk
2 eggs
2 Tbsp.melted salted butter*
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence or any flavouring such as pandan* or ube
1. Prepare steamer before mixing the ingredients by boiling the water.
2. For the batter, mix all liquid ingredients except melted butter and flavouring in a bowl by using a wire whisk.
3. Add flour and blend until smooth and lump free.
4. Lastly add flavouring followed by melted butter. Mix.
5. Pour batter 2/3 full in a plastic or sillicone molds and steam for 10 to
15 minutes depending on size. Make sure water is boiling.
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| Sillicone molds (left) ; plastic molds (right) |
6. Wait to slightly cool down for few minutes and unmold.
*Important Notes:
▪ self raising flour can be substituted with 1 c flour + 2 tsps. baking powder
▪ if using unsalted butter , a pinch of salt can be added to the flour
▪ liquid can be substituted with the flavour you desired, if it's pandan for example then, boil water and pandan leaves, once it cools down it can be substituted with milk
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