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“Puto bumbong, violet rice cakes”

“Puto bumbong, violet rice cakes”

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Philippine puto bumbong: a type of sticky rice, ground and cooked in bamboo tubes, then buttered and topped with coconut and sugar.

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Recipe from Yivan000, Zollerriia, Urbano (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Puto bumbong is a traditional Filipino Christmas dessert. It consists of a mixture of sticky purple rice and sticky rice that is soaked, ground, and then steamed in small bamboo tubes. Once steamed, the rice is removed from the tubes, buttered, and topped with shredded coconut and sugar.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting3 hr 30 min
  • Total4 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodSteam
  • Estimated cost$3.85 $0.64 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.16
  • $0.26
  • $1.87
  • $0.28
  • $0.03
  • $0.25

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the sticky rice and the purple sticky rice. ≈ 2 min
  2. Soak them in water for 3 to 4 hours.
  3. Finely chop them. ≈ 3 min
  4. Place the drained dough in a sieve lined with cheesecloth. ≈ 2 min
  5. When it is dry, sift it. ≈ 2 min
  6. To make it easier to turn out, grease the tubes and sprinkle them with shredded coconut. ≈ 2 min
  7. Prepare the steamer for the tubes.
  8. Fill the tubes about three-quarters full. ≈ 10 min
  9. Steam until fully cooked.
  10. Tap the tubes to release the cakes. ≈ 3 min
  11. Grease them, then coat with coconut and sugar. ≈ 10 min

The bill

“Puto bumbong, violet rice cakes”

  • 400 g of glutinous rice$1.16
  • 6 tablespoons of sticky purple rice (pirurutong)$0.26
  • 100 g of fresh coconut, shredded$1.87
  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.28
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.03
  • oil paint to grease the tubes$0.25

Total$3.85

that's $0.64 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 400 g of glutinous rice
  • 6 tablespoons of sticky purple rice (pirurutong)
  • 1 liter of water
  • 100 g of fresh coconut, shredded
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • oil paint to grease the tubes

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