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Kalamay Hati

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Kalamay Hati

Kalamay Hati is a dense, glossy coconut-rice cake finished with fragrant latik.

1 hour 10 minutes · Serves 8

Ingredients for Kalamay Hati

  • 2 cups glutinous rice flour
  • 2 cups dark cane sugar or muscovado sugar
  • 2 cans coconut milk, 400 ml each
  • Banana leaf
  • 4 tbsp latik

How to cook Kalamay Hati

  1. 1.Combine coconut milk, glutinous rice flour, and dark cane or muscovado sugar in a nonstick pan; whisk until lump-free.
  2. 2.Cook over medium heat, stirring continuously, for 50–60 minutes until the mixture is very thick and holds its shape.
  3. 3.Grease a banana leaf with latik oil and use it to line an 8–9-inch shallow round pan.
  4. 4.Spread in the hot mixture, top with latik, and cool before serving warm or cold.
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