Baye Baye Recipe
Baye Baye is a kakanin from Ilocos. It is made from ground and toasted pinipig or corn and pounded with young coconut, coconut water and sugar.
Servings: 16
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ Cup Pinipig
- ⅓ Cup Sweet Glutinous Rice
- 1 ½ Cup Young Coconut Flesh
- 1 Cup Coconut Jam or sub with 1 cup sugar
- 1 Cup Coconut Water
For Wrapping
- 1 Teaspoon Coconut Oil
- 16 2x4 rectangles Banana Leaves
Instructions
- Toast the Pinipig: Pour the pinipig into a shallow pan and turn the heat to medium low. Keep stiring for about 10 minutes until it starts to turn golden and smell toasty. Transfer to a bowl.
- Toast the Rice Flour: Using the same pan add the sweet glutinous rice flour and toast. This time for 5-8 minutes on medium low. Once the flour turns from white to a light yellow and starts to smell toasty remove from the heat and transfer to a bowl to cool fully.
- Grind the toasted pinipig with the rice flour: When both the toasted pinipig and rice flour are cool put both into a food processor and grind until it is a fine powder.
- Boil the coconut sugar mixture: Place the young coconut flesh, coconut jam and coconut water in a medium sized sauce pan. Bring up to a boil and leave to simmer for about 10 minutes until the mixture has thickened. Take off the heat and leave to cool to room temperature.
- Blend the coconut sugar mixture: Once it has cooled place the mixture in a food processor and blitz until smooth. Then add in ⅓ of the ground pinipig mixture and mix until incorporated.
- Make the Baye Baye smooth: Transfer that mixture into a mixing bowl along with the rest of the pinipig mixture. Using the paddle attachment mix at medium speed for about 5 minutes until smooth.
- Cool the Baye Baye: Line a small tray with plastic wrap and coat with coconut oil. Place the Baye Baye in the tray and smooth out until even. Put in the refrigerator to cool for 1 hour
- Prepare the banana leaves: Cut into 2x4 rectangles
- Wrap the Baye Baye: Once the mixture has cooled take it out and cut into 16 pieces and form into short logs. Wrap the logs in the banana leaves.