A native rice treat that melts in your mouth. Palitaw is a Filipino delicacy made from glutinous rice
or malagkit. A dessert to one and a snack to another, a heavy snack that is!
It's made from milled glutinous rice. It is soaked overnight in water. It appears liker a dough when purchased in wet market. Rolling and shaping, as if it resembles a tongue that is why few regions call them
dila-dila which translates to tongue-tongue.
Then cooked by slowly simmering it in plain water. "If it floats, it's cooked", as my mom used to say.
Straight onto a bowl of cold water to temper it.
This tempting snack is smothered with fresh young shredded coconut & sprinkled with sugar made aromatic by pounded sesame seeds or linga.
As Filipino as it gets, it is arranged on a platter or bilao (a native organic platter made from bamboo)
lined with banana leaves.
Best enjoy with a cup of tea. Enjoy!
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