puso (sweet rice)

puso - /pu-sô, pu-sò/ Hiligaynon [Capizeño of Panay, Capiz] snack; dw Hiligaynon poso sang saging [banana heart]) [n.] sweet glutinous rice in nipa palm balls.

This puso is wrapped in woven young nipa palm, shaped in chisel-like style called tinigib, one of the most difficult styles of weaving palm balls. This scarcely available kind of puso can only be found now in Panay, Capiz where vast nipa palm grooves are still thriving.  This sweet delicacy is now being promoted by the local tourism industry of Capiz. When in the town of Panay, drop by at the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop, just across the Santa Monica church in the proper of Pueblo, Panay, Capiz.

This puso is made with glutinous rice boiled in freshly gathered and naturally sweet tuba sang nipa (sap from nipa inflorescence) until the sap turns syrupy thick and the rice inside the palm ball is cooked to become like biko, sticky and sweet.

This puso of Panay is sold by pair. Each pair comes with a plastic bag of latik na tuba (nipa palm syrup).

This sweet puso is an old native delicacy of Panay, Capiz. To serve, puso is cut into halves and the sweet rice inside is poured with latik na tuba (nipa palm syrup) before eating. Best served with hot coffee.

The puso of Panay is wrapped in woven young leaves of nipa palm. It is served with latik na tuba (nipa palm syrup).

This sweet delicacy from Capiz is served with latik na tuba (nipa palm syrup) and can only be found now in the municipality of Panay, Capiz where it is promoted by the local tourism office of Capiz.

The latik na tuba (nipa palm syrup) is poured over the puso right before you scoop it out to eat it.

When in Panay, drop by at the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop, just across the Santa Monica church in the proper of Pueblo, Panay, Capiz.

You may find this closely similar to the patupat of Pangasinan, only that the Pangasinense's patupat is cooked in bennal or sugar cane syrup. In contrast, puso from Panay is cooked in a naturally very sweet fresh tuba sa nipa (sap from nipa inflorescence) boiled into palm syrup called latik, nipa latik, or latik na nipa. 

The puso of Panay, Capiz is not the same as the puso in other parts of Visayas and Mindanao. 

Do not confuse the puso of Panay with the other Visayan puso that is made with plain rice and boiled in plain water.

The more popular puso of Cebuano-speaking Visayans is made with plain ordinary rice and cooked using the same kind of woven coconut palm balls used in Panay puso.  Cebuanos would often serve their puso as their kan-on (kanin in Tagalog) to pair with their sud-an (dish or ulam in Tagalog), while the puso of Panay is often served as a sweet snack.

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suman maruecos

suman maruecos – /sú-man ma-ru-we-kos/ (Tagalog and Bulaqueño snack) [n.] purple rice stick.

A sweet and sticky rice snack delicacy made with ground glutinous purple rice, sugar, and coconut cream.  The rice mix is wrapped in banana leaf and rolled into a log and topped or sprinkled with latik (the aromatic brown curd of boiled coconut cream) and then steamed to cook.

Its consistency is quite similar to tikoy or a thickened calamay.

Can be taken and eaten as is or with hot coffee, hot or cold chocolate drinks, or ice-cold cola drinks, and other palamig (cold refreshments).     

Suman maruecos of a booth that sells native Bulaqueño snacks and delicacies in Market-Market, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

To make suman maruecos, 2 cups of purple glutinous rice is washed, drained, then soaked in water enough to cover and for at least 4 hours. Afterward, the water is decanted and the soaked rice is ground into galapong (rice batter).

Another 1 cup of rice flour (ground ordinary rice, not malagkit) is added and blended well in the glutinous galapong to minimize the stickiness of would-be suman maruecos. Then 1/2 cup of coconut cream and 1/3 cup of sugar are added and mixed well for every cup of galapong produced.

The mixture is then cooked in a pot on low heat and stirred continuously until the mixture thickens into a paste. The pot is then removed from heat and set to cool.

When cool, 2 spoonfuls of thick rice paste is laid and spread on a banana leaf wrapper and rolled into a log (size similar to a jumbo sausage), and sprinkled with latik (those aromatic brown curds of boiled coconut cream, as in when making coconut oil).

The banana leaf wrapper is then rolled and pulled to wrap the suman maruecos. Both ends of the banana wrapper are folded to seal the contents. Several pieces of suman maruecos are piled in a steamer and cooked for about 30 minutes. 

When cooked, the consistency of suman maruecos would look like tikoy (Chinese sticky rice cake) or a thick calamay (sweetened sticky rice paste).

If purple glutinous rice is not available, white glutinous rice can be used as a substitute added with mashed ube to give the suman its purple color.

Check this simple recipe for suman maruecos

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