Last Updated on July 11, 2019 by Ed Joven

How to cook Suman sa Lihiya

Suman sa Lihiya Recipe is a famous Filipino dessert and believed to be from south Luzon, Philippines. Cooking this Kakanin dish is a little time consuming but it’s worth it.

Like any other suman, this is made of glutinous rice, brown sugar and coconut milk, then it is flavored with lye solution or lihiya in Tagalog, which gives a distinction of this tasty dessert. Suman sa Lihiya is wrap tightly in banana leaf, then steamed to cook.

This Suman sa Lihiya is usually serve with a latik sauce on top or grated coconut meat and best paired with hot chocolate or coffee. Latik is very easy to make, it is made from the coconut milk's first extract.

Suman sa Lihiya Cooking Procedure and Ingredients:

Suman sa Lihiya Recipe

Ed Joven

Suman sa Lihiya Recipe is a delicious Filipino rice cake snack made from glutinous rice, lihiya (lye water) and wrap in banana leaves, then steamed to cook.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 18

Total Time 1 33

Course Dessert

Cuisine Filipino

Servings

Calories 80 kcal

Ingredients

Coconut Sauce:

1 ½ cup coconut milk
1 cup dark brown sugar

For Suman:

2 ½ cups glutinous rice
3 cups of water
a pinch of salt
2 tsp. lye solution
oil for brushing
Banana leaves wilted for wrapping
String (optional)

Instructions

Soaked Glutinous Rice for an hour or you can just wash and rinse the glutinous rice 4 times using a strainer and place in a bowl.
Add lye solution and salt and mix it thoroughly. In a big saucepan pour 3 cups of water and bring to a boil, then add the glutinous rice mixture.
Transfer the gas mark to low heat and stir continuously for about 20 minutes.
Transfer under cooked suman on a platter and scatter evenly to cool down faster.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan combine the coconut milk and brown sugar over low heat and stir occasionally until mixture becomes thick and syrupy.
Turn off the heat and let the syrup cools down at room temperature.
Brush wilted banana leaf with oil lightly to avoid suman mixture from sticking.
Place a desired portion of sticky rice onto the banana on a greased side, cover, roll and fold both ends towards the center and tightly secure it with a string if using one. Or you can wrap the way you want either rectangular, triangle or square, using your signature wrapping skills.
This recipe can yield a dozen of suman. Suman needs to be wrapped tightly to avoid leakage when steaming.