HOW TO MAKE BIKO

  How To Make Biko –Here is another heavy food from the Philippines. Biko is one of the all-time meal dishes because you can have it anytime you want it. It is good for breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and so on. This food is rich in Carbohydrates so it will keep you going like a battery or something.

  Biko is made out of glutinous rice or what we call Malagkit na bigas in Tagalog. Many downtown workers in our town buy Biko from the vendors around the downtown because it is really good and easy to eat that you do not have to use food utensils like fork and spoon. Many street vendors and food carts serve this food at a very low price. Believe me, you can not consume a whole 20 peso worth of Biko. See the point there? The price of Biko is not that steep because making this food is easy and the ingredients are cheap so I recommend Biko to those who want to save few pesos on spending for food. If you are not aware of this streetfood, maybe you have seen a ricecake thing on a bananaleaf and that is the Biko. Do not worry because sooner you will know what does Biko looks like. Here is how to make Biko:

Ingredients

3 cups of Glutinous rice (Malagkit)

2 ½ cups of water

3 cups of brown sugar

6 cups of Coconut milk

½ teaspoon of salt

½ cup of Raisin

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, combine rice and water. Boil and simmer until the rice is almost cooked.
2. Set the heat to low until the rice is cooked.
3. In another pot, combine coconut milk, sat and sugar. Stir well and cook in low heat.
4. Transfer the rice into the pot of coconut milk and sugar. Stir thoroughly.
5. When the liquid is gone, remove from the pot and transfer into a platter.
6. Scatter with raisins as replacement for Latik.