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Kulambo

Kulambo is a chewy coconut rice cake topped with fragrant latik on banana leaves.

45 minutes · Serves 10

Ingredients for Kulambo

  • 1 3/4 cups glutinous rice flour
  • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon anise seeds or fennel seeds
  • 3 tablespoons latik
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • Banana leaves, for lining

How to cook Kulambo

  1. 1.Mix glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, coconut cream, sugar, and anise or fennel seeds until smooth.
  2. 2.Cook in a nonstick pan over medium-low heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture becomes sticky.
  3. 3.Stir in coconut oil and continue cooking for about 15 minutes until a cohesive dough forms.
  4. 4.Line a 10-inch flat bowl or bilao with banana leaves and press in the rice cake evenly.
  5. 5.Top with latik, cool until set, and slice to serve.
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