Puto Bumbong, is a Filipino delicacy traditionally made based on heirloom recipes from sticky or glutinous rice called pirurutong which has a distinctly purple color, soaked in salted water and dried overnight and then poured into bumbong or bamboo tubes and then steamed until done or steam rises out of the bamboo tubes. It is served topped with creamy butter or margarine with shredded coconut mixed with muscovado brown sugar.
 
Without a doubt, puto bumbong is one of the most sought after delicacies during the Christmas season. During the nine-day Simbang Gabi or Christmas Eve Mass, where after the service parishioners would form a queue at their favorite stalls outside the church just to have a taste of this favorite Pinoy dish.

This recipe is good for 6-8 pieces of puto bumbong.

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Puto Bumbong Ingredients:

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    *  1 cup glutinous rice
    *  2 tsp purple food color (ube)
    *  2 cups water
    *  Panutsa (sugar cane sweet) or muscovado (raw brown sugar)

Utensils:

    * knife
    * muslin cloth
    * sifter or strainer
    * 2 bamboo tubes (bumbong)
    * steamer for making puto

Puto Bumbong Cooking Instructions:

    * Soak glutinous rice in water overnight.
    * Grind the soaked rice. (see bibingka how)
    * Mix food color while the glutinous rice is being ground.
    * Wrap the ground glutinous rice on a piece of muslin cloth and place it in a strainer to drain excess liquid. Another technique in draining excess liquid is by pressing a heavy object that has been placed over the muslincloth.
    * Once the ground rice has slightly dried, rub it against the screen of a strainer to produce coarse grained rice flour.
    * The rice flour for making puto bumbong is now ready to cook. Fill each bamboo tube (bumbong) with just enough glutinous rice and put them into the steamer. See to it that the steamer contains boiling water.
    * Steam rice flour in the bamboo tubes for 10 minutes.
    * Once cooked, shake out the contents of each bamboo tube or remove the cooked glutinous rice from the bumbong with the help of a knife.
    * Spread butter on the puto bumbong and place a small piece of panutsa (sugar cane sweets) or 1 tbsp. of mascuvado (raw Sugar)
    * Add a small amount of grated coconut before serving.


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