Filipino Recipe
Ilocano Recipe
Sticky Rice Dessert Recipe
Dila Dila (Ground Sticky Rice Pudding Recipe)
Dila Dila, photo by JMorton
Dila Dila is an Ilocano dish much like palitaw.
Dila Dila means tongue or tongue tongue, LOL. Just like the Chinese, Filipinos love repeating certain words, especially names.
It is called dila dila because it is shaped like the elongated tongue.
It is pretty easy and simple to make.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups glutinous rice flour
- 2/3 cups water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cans of coconut milk
Preparation
- In a large mixing bowl, place the glutinous rice flour and pour half of the water into it.
- Mix to form a dough. Add more water to make it more pliable.
- Separate them into balls, would probably make about 6-10 balls.
- Flatten each ball by the palm of your hands and shaped them into something resembling a tongue. 🙂
- Put them in a large dish or tray and set aside.
- In a large wok or casserole dish, bring to a boil the coconut milk. Lower down the heat and add the sugar.
- Stir to ensure that the sugar has dissolved in the coconut milk.
- Now add the dila dila into the pan.
- Cover and allow to simmer.
- Add a little drop of vanilla if wanted.
- When the dila dila floated on the surface, it means it is cooked.
Serve immediately .