Tupig From Tarlac
/A sweet, sticky rice snack is part and parcel of the author’s memory of her hometown.
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A sweet, sticky rice snack is part and parcel of the author’s memory of her hometown.
Read MoreThe scent of burnt banana leaves and sweet coconut floated through the air and I saw tupig was being sold by street vendors. Tupig are thin, long, log-shaped kakanin wrapped in banana leaves. They are made of coconut, sugar, sweet rice grains soaked overnight, molasses and rice flour.
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