Puto is a favorite treat here in the Philippines. The usual version uses rice flour.
This version assures you that you will have a fluffy puto in just a few minutes using an ordinary flour in your kitchen!
Ingredients
1 cup of flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1/4 cup of butter, softened (not melted), you may use margarine
3/4 c. of milk
5 tbsp of sugar
4 egg whites
slices of cheese (preferably quickmelt) and itlog na pula (salted egg)
Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder.
2. In another bowl, you have to cream the butter or margarine after adding 3 tbps of sugar.
3. Add the flour and milk alternately into the butter and sugar mixture.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites into a STIFF PEAK FORM. (you may opt to add a very little cream of tartar but this is optional). In our case, I didn't add that one. You need to use an electric mixer to speed up the process, but you may opt to use a wire whisk too. When soft peaks form, add the remaining 2 tbps of sugar.
5. Fold the beaten egg whites into the mixed wet and dry ingredients gently(flour, milk mixture)
6. Fill the puto molds until 3/4 full. Top with cheese slices and itlog na pula (Salted egg).
7. Steam the puto for 20 minutes. Make sure to put a cotton cloth/katsa on the aluminum steamer (to prevent the water during the condensation to go into the puto)
8. Cool before removing from the molds.
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Yields: 12 to 15 cakes (you can increase the ingredients if you want more puto)
Enjoy!
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I tried ur recipe but mine didnt get fluffy. How come? I did everything in the recipe
ReplyDeleteHi Donna, thank you for trying the recipe. On my experience, best works for me if I only put six around seven puto in one layer of a steamer (stainless steel or aluminum, not bamboo) with a katsa gently placed on top. I hope it works for you. Also, put the puto molds with the batter only when the water starts boiling steadily. And do not put very high heat. Just moderate. If everything else fails, I think there is something wrong on the ingredients use and the way it was mixed. Goodluck!
DeleteHi...i followed your recipe...it didn't turned out fluffy...it's flat and it shrunk...are you sure 1 tsp baking powder? I also just folded na meringue to the flour mixture...thanks
ReplyDelete@Gracie: I am sorry if that didn't turned out fluffy on yours. Try searching other recipes but I guess if not the same, it was also similar with them. I am sure with the number of tsp for the baking powder. Please feel free to search other recipes if this one didn't turned out good for you. But for me it works well :)
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