This is one of the most requested recipe that I received. Rice puto is one popular rice snack in the country. It’s just so easy to prepare and only require three main ingredients. So if you are craving for rice puto, you might love how to make one at home.
Here’s how to cook Rice Puto:
Ingredients:
1/2 kilo white rice
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups white sugar
cooking oil
Materials:
molders
banana leaves
steamer
Process:
1. Wash the rice thoroughly, then soak it overnight. Water should be enough to cover the rice.
2. After soaking, grind the rice to produce rice batter. (You can use a blender, but mine I brought it to the local market for grinding to make things easy for me)
3. Meanwhile, prepare the banana leaves. Heat it on top of the stove. That way, it will make the leaves easy to cut and to handle.
4. Cut them into smaller sizes, enough to fit the molders.
5. Place them in the molders while rubbing some amount of cooking oil to avoid the puto from sticking to the leaves.
6. After grinding, you’ll have the smooth rice batter. Add in the baking powder and the white sugar. Mixed everything well using a whisker.
7. Boil some water on the Masflex Steamer. Once it starts boiling, put in the molders while pouring the rice batter.
8. Cover and steam for about 20-30 minutes.
Ready and Serve!
Note from Delish:
This is one simple way of preparing rice puto. I got this process from my mother who once was selling puto rice at home. She even receives orders occasionally.
You can also add coconut milk if you want to. But for me to make it’s shelf life a bit longer, I didn’t coconut milk.
If you have any questions, please drop a comment below or shoot me an email.
Watch how to cook Rice Puto here:
How many cups is 1/2 kilo of rice?
that’s about 2 and 3/4 cups.
Puwide po bang kahit anong Klasing white rice
Yes. any kind of white rice.
I see in the vedio u put rice batter.can u till what is that and wer can I buy that?
Hi. It’s the end results after grinding the rice 🙂
can i put coconut milk instead of water?
Yes. you sure can.
what about if i have rice flour is this ok to use?
yes you that’s fine to use too.
Hi. What about there’s ready made Rice Flour? How many cups, and what about the water as well. I’d like to try your recipe. Simple and easy. Thanks.
You can at least use 4 cups of rice flour and around 3 cups of water. Or that would depend on the quality of rice flour you are using. You might need to add more water (gradually) to get the right consistency of the batter/mixture.
How many cups of water please?
Hi. After washing the rice, just put around about 1-1/2 cups of water or just enough to cover the rice to soak. same as that when you’re cooking rice. But in case you want to add coconut milk, then you have to reduce the amount water before grinding.
Thank you…..
🙂
Can I use rice flour instead?
Hi. Yes. But make sure to mix it well with water first and leave it overnight or about 4 hours at least. Refrigerate it for better results. Not soaking it for hours, you may end up a not so soft and fluffy puto. at some point, it may look like kutsinta.
When grinding the soak rice it includes the water already or drain it from the water??? Thank you.
Hi. you need to include the water 🙂
will it be okay if not to use banana leaves but moldng only?
yes. just use the molders. that would still be fine 🙂
hi can i use fresh milk/evap instead of water?
if you’d soak it overnight with milk, probably you need to refrigerate it. Or you can also add coconut milk.
Hi its ok if i add egg on putong bigas sa daho.and if ok how many eggs..thank you
Hi. I actually haven’t tried that. but I think that’s fine. maybe just one egg for half a kilo of rice.
If I want coconut milk what’s the proportion?
just around 3/4 cups of coconut for a half kilo of rice batter.
Ilan ang sukat ng tubig n ilalagay sa pagbababad ng bigas
just enough to cover the rice. same amount pag nagsasaing.
Hi po.. Good eve pag rice flour po.. Hugasan papo ba..
At pag nagbabad overnight po ilan tubig ang pwede magamit.. Salamat po..
You can at least use 4 cups of rice flour and around 3 cups of water. Or that would depend on the quality of rice you are using. You might need to add some water to get the right batter consistency.
I don’t think you can wash rice flour..
certainly. When you use rice flour, it would be a different process. This process uses rice, so you have to wash and soak it.
hi po! kung may ground rice na po ako kilangan pa po bang isoak overnight?
Hi. Yes you need to. I suggest you soak with water or coconut milk, but make sure to refrigerate it. Soaking it will give that soft and fluffy texture.
Can we use malagkit rice?
I don’t recommend malagkit rice. You’re not going to get that soft and fluffy texture 🙂
Thank you for this recipe. I’ve been wanting to cook my own puto but have not found a recipe so concise and clear like yours. I will try this weekend and l will let you know how it came out. I am living in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Can you send your product, if l order. Thanks.
Hi. What product are you referring to? 🙂
Im planning to make ube flavored puto. Can I follow this recipe? Maybe add more baking powder? Thanks
I don’t suggest to add more baking powder because it may taste a bit bitter or soury. if you want to make ube flavored puto, whether you add a powdered flavoring or a liquid one, you can just adjust the water. the amount of baking powder I used is only for half a kilo of rice.
WHAT KIND OF GRINDER THAT YOU USED.
Hi, I just had it grinded on our local market. they have this big grinder that they are using 🙂
May ku lay na in ila gay sa gitan ano yan..pwede malam an
Pwede po ba gamitin yung rice flour? Kung pwede po Ano ang measurement?
You can at least use 4 cups of rice flour and around 3 cups of water. Or that would depend on the quality of rice you are using. You might need to add some water to get the right batter consistency.
Hi po.. Pag giniling na bigas gagamitin same measurements po ba na sa recipe nyo po.. Ano po measurements..
Hi! Is this the kind of white puto we usually eat with dinuguan? If so, I have been looking for this recipe! The other flavored and colored puto are usually eaten as a snack on its own I think. Thank you for sharing!
How do you wash rice flour? I don’t think that’s possible
hi.. kapag po ba gumamit ng gata isasama po ba siya sa pagbabad o pwede naman idagdag na lang kapag gigilingin na yung bigas? thanks.
yes, you need to soak it with the rice so it would absorb the coconut milk flavor. then just refrigerate it overnight.
Hi, three times ko ng sinubukan ang recipe nyo but hindi ako naging successful.
I soak the rice overnight outside the ref then have it grinded with the baking powder but
not as much as in your recipe then add the sugar. I used my blender in grinding.
Then I steam it for 15 minutes. When I open the steamer, to my disgust, matigas po
ang kinalabasan ng puto ko. Three times ko ng sinubukan pero ganon pa rin. Saan
kaya ako nagkamali.
Puede nyo po ba akong turuan ng sekreto at icorrect ako po kung may mali po ang ginawa ko.
More power to you and God Bless.
Hi, I saw that you mentioned that you had it “grinded with the baking powder”? After soaking overnight, grind it. Just add the baking powder and the sugar few minutes before you steam. Also, one thing that you can try is to use a different variety of rice. In Iloilo (which I’m from) we have this rice we call “laon”, or also called “old crop”. So obviously, not the newly milled. Such kind of rice ay mas maalsa. And make sure when you soak, lagyan mo na maraming water kasi inaabsorb pa yan ng rice. At pag nagrind ka, water should be enough to cover the rice. Hope that helps. Update me in case you give it a try again.
How many cup for coconut milk if i want to add?..Thnk you
For half kilo of rice, just about 1 cup will do.
Good day!
pwede po ba lagyan ang ordinary rice ng malagkit?? kahit konti??
then isoak after…..
Good day!
pwede po ba lagyan ang ordinary rice ng malagkit?? kahit konti??
then isoak after…..