Coconut-Rice Pudding (Sinoman, Filipino)

(Sinoman, Filipino)

• 5 cups mochi rice
• 5 cups coconut milk
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. vanilla

Cook mochi rice like regular rice in automatic cooker or regular pot till tender. Boil coconut juice until almost ½ of juice is evaporated. Add sugar and water and boil 8–10 minutes, stirring. Add to coconut juice and mix well. Put cooked mochi rice in a large bowl. Add coconut and syrup mixture and mix well. Pour into 2 square 9 x 9 inch pans lined with banana leaves. Bake in 325 degrees F. oven for 45 minutes.

Coconut juice or milk
Finely grate coconuts and pour hot water to cover. When cool, pour into heavy cloth and squeeze out the milky juice.