Maja Blanca Recipe (Rice Pudding)

Ingredients:

•  1/2 c. thick coconut milk
•  rice flour
• 1 c. sugar
•  ¼ cup jackfruit (langka)
•  5 c. fresh coconut milk or fresh milk

Instructions:

1. Boil thick coconut milk in a saucepan until the oil is extracted and the precipitate forms into a dark brown color. This is called latik.
2. Drain the latik from the oil and set aside.
3. Grease a 13-inch rectangular dish with coconut oil. Set aside.
4. In a medium saucepan, blend rice flour, sugar, jackfruit (langka) and fresh coconut milk. Boil over slow heat, stirring constantly to prevent lumps, until mixture is clear for about 5-10 minutes.
5. Pour hot mixture into prepared dish and allow to set.
6. Sprinkle latik on top. Cool before slicing.

 Note:

When rice flour is not available, soak 2 cups rice in 2 cups water overnight. Put through blender and process until smooth.