October 11, 2009

Maja Blanca

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Maja Blanca

Maja Blanca is the Philippine version of white pudding made of cornstarch, milk, sugar, and vanilla extract. Maybe I am biased but IMHO our white pudding tastes way better because it has coconut milk and sweet corn kernels. I'm loving the recipe from KULINARYA guidebook which uses buco (young coconut) water and powdered milk and served with strips of buco meat on top. Really delicious!

Maja Blanca
adapted from KULINARYA guidebook
1 cup thick coconut cream
350 ml buco water
2 ears of sweet corn
2 tablespoons water
2 cups coconut milk
½ cup powdered milk
¾ cup sugar
½ cup cornstarch mixed with ½ cup water
buco meat, cut into strips
  • In a small skillet, heat the thick coconut cream over medium heat. When it starts to boil, lower the heat and continue cooking, uncovered, for 30 minutes. The milk should separate into oil and solid curd (latik). Remove the latik and set aside.
  • Cut the corn and scrape the cob on a large glass bowl. Add 2 tablespoons water, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 1½ minutes.
  • In a medium non-stick saucepan, mix together the buco water, coconut milk, powdered milk, sugar, cornstarch mixture, and corn. Bring to a boil then lower heat. Simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off heat when mixture thickens.
  • Transfer into individual bowls or a serving dish. Allow to cool and set. Top each serving with buco strips and latik.
Maja Blanca
coconut overload maja blanca

6 comments:

Lory said...

This sounds delish. Is this gonna be thick enough for us to be able to slice them like the old-fashioned maja blanca (I never liked the old-fashioned one as it tastes soooo starchy).

Sidney said...

Aside from being delicious it is also healthy.

raissa said...

This looks so good. Like Manang I am not a fan of the old fashioned ones since those have the tendency to be starchy. I want to find that balance of pudding and corn. the addition of the latik is a nice touch.

Thanks for the recipe!

Oggi said...

Manang and Raissa, this maja blanca is very soft and creamy. It's more like pudding or kalamay kuhit; you'll like it.:)

Sidney, I agree with you. Coconut milk is not unhealthy at all and it makes everything yummy.:)

i♥pinkc00kies said...

yummy :D Someone gave us maja before which had langka strips.. made it even yummier!

dakybaby said...

oh yes!!! add your blog under favorite -- ohhhhh thanky

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