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SUMAN



SUMAN
John Cedrick Latoza

Suman history traces all the way before the arrival of colonizers. Although the Philippines is much influenced by Spanish and American culture many fields including cuisine, the fundamentals of suman remain the same. Suman originates from the harvest feasting of early Filipinos before the histories with the Spanish, American, and Japanese colonizers existed
Suman is a rice cake originating in the Philippines. It is made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, often wrapped in banana leaves or buli or buri palm leaves for steaming. It is usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik. Suman is also known as budbod in the Visayan languages that dominate the central half of the country. A widespread variant of suman uses cassava instead of glutinous rice. Suman is traditionally served with sugar for the consumer to dip the rice cake in it. Sometimes, it is also served with fresh ripe mangoes for added flavor. Suman easily fulfills hunger and more often than not, it is heavy in the stomach, making the consumer full in just a few bites of the delectable rice cake. Also, suman has long been part of Filipino Christmas celebrations and other celebrations, along with other kakanin variations. Most Filipino homes make it a point to have suman on their tables during various occasions. Moreover, suman not only gathers Filipinos together, but also symbolizes the gratitude of the people to the blessings of God manifested in nature.
Suman has an affordable price to all. It is five pesos only and even poor peoples can afford this kind of food. It can fulfill hunger and it is becomes better if we partner it while taking a coffee. We can also prepare suman if we have visitors in our house because it is very easy to cook it and it has very simple ingredients, maybe we can use rice or cassava.


INGREDIENTS:
·        3 cups Glutinous Rice
·        1 cup white sugar
·        1½ teaspoon salt
·        1 can 13.5 Fl oz Coconut Milk

INSTRUCTIONS:
1.      In a medium size bowl, soak Glutinous rice for an hour. Set aside.
2.      In a different bowl, mix ¾ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt with coconut milk.
3.      When rice is ready, put it in a large flat pan, and add in the coconut mixture.
4.      Add remaining salt and sugar and mix completely
5.      Turn on the heat to medium and let the rice boil. Cook rice until coconut milk is evaporated and rice is half cook.
6.      Let Suman cool and wrap with banana leaves.
7.      When Suman are wrapped, put them into a deep saucepan,one that encase the suman tightly so that it will not float around, and add water to cover. Cook Suman for an hour.

REFERENCE:
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wikiSuman (food) - Wikipedia

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