Snack-Around-the-Clock with ‘Kakanin’

Snack-Around-the-Clock with ‘Kakanin’

There are as many as 15 kinds of kakanin, with some provinces having their own versions of certain rice cakes.

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The Happy Home Cook: Biko Kulabasa - Rice Coconut Cake with Squash

The Happy Home Cook: Biko Kulabasa - Rice Coconut Cake with Squash

Biko Kulabasa, made with kabocha squash, often appeared at our family’s holiday table during my childhood in the Philippines. There was something appealing about the dark yellow, sticky rice cake, the granules plump and glistening and the entire round delicacy ensconced in a bilao (woven flat basket) lined with banana leaves.

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