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Recipe: Puto (Steamed Rice Cake)

Puto (or Steamed Rice cake) is one of the well-known Filipino delicacies because they are light, sweet and just plain delicious. They can be eaten for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee, as a snack with hot chocolate or by itself, which is my favorite. The traditional way of making puto requires soaking sticky rice overnight and then grinding it to a paste-like consistency but sticky rice is not always easily accessible to some. So my best girlfriend shared this quick and easy recipe after making a batch for me during our summer visit in Indiana. And then my grandmother in the Philippines sent me puto cups/molds last month so I was finally able to make them myself this past weekend. (You can use small ramekins, too.) I do have to say that I am not allowed to make them again anytime soon per Hubby's order. In my defense, they turned out light, airy, and super delicious and that's why I can't make them again. Dean ate most of them in less than two days. Makes three d...