February 21, 2023
Cooking is a talent and skills acquired by many. Many can cook a variety of recipes at a time and others can cook a single recipe only but as a whole cooking is fun.
Honestly, I am not good in cooking especially viand but atleast I have learned to cook other food.
When I gave birth to my son last 2017, I decided to resign from work. From earning every two week to nothing, from busy to work to staying at home, it really made me adjust. There were times that I felt so bored and felt that I am inactive. I think of something to learn.
Kutsinta is a steamed cake usually made with flour, sugar and lye water. It is one among the popular snack in the Philippines. It is one of my favorite and I wanted to learn how to cook it. I tried to search on YouTube and followed everything but it turned out imperfect as it taste bitter. Fortunately one of my workmate before is cooking kutsinta and I am so lucky and happy when she offered to gave me her ingredients and teach me the basic of cooking it. It was not just one, twice or thrice attempt but many times before I perfectly get the texture I want.
I also experienced that my steamer and some of my molder got burned because the water in the steamer got empty. There were lots of unforgettable experience while learning to cook kutsinta.
Today, I will share to you the ingredients I used and the procedure how to cook kutsinta. Without further ado, let's go.
INGREDIENTS:
6 cups 3rd class flour
1 kg brown sugar (preferably dark brown)
7 pieces egg
2 tablespoon vanilla (not in the picture)
4 tablespoon lye water (not in the picture)
10 cups water
Cheese or grated coconut for toppings
Note: These ingredients will yield approximately 100 pieces kutsinta.
PROCEDURE:
Mix the dry ingredients first. Put the 3rd class flour in a dry bowl followed by the brown sugar. Mix them well.
Mix the wet ingredients in another bowl. Put the water, vanilla and lye water. Mix them well.
After mixing both dry and wet ingredients, add the wet ingredients in the dry ingredients and mix them well until no lumps can be seen.
Lastly, add the eggs (this time I just use 7 eggs for 100 pieces kutsinta instead of 8 originally). Eggs is not so common in any other kutsinta recipes and made this kutsinta special. Eggs will bring different texture and taste in your kutsinta.
Many were asking if I am using annatto powder as food coloring and my answer is no. The color of my kutsinta will vary depending on the color of the sugar I used. I usually use dark brown sugar for a better results. But sometimes it is not available in the market so I will buy according to availability.
Now, the mixture is ready and can be put in the molder.
Put the molder first in the steamer before puting the kutsinta mixture. I used medium sized molder as this is the usual size for kutsinta. But if you want a bigger one, you can use large sized molder.
I put a little oil in the molder using some cloth to help us remove the kutsinta from the molder easily.
Preheat water in the steamer first so it would be easy to steam them.
When everything is done and when the water is already boiling, add the steamer and cook for about 25-30 minutes.
Then, your kutsinta is now good. Remove the kutsinta in the molder and transfer in the container you want.
Serve it with cheese or grated coconut as toppings.
That's how I cooked kutsinta. I hope you learn how to prepare and cook kutsinta. I would be happy reading your article soon mentioning me that you have learn how to cook kutsinta from me.
If you have some question or clarifications just feel free to ask in the comment section below.
Some rant:
It seems so easy for me to mix and cook kutsinta but I felt so tired washing the small molders, lol.
Imagine you will wash them one by one and they were so small, lol. But it is part of the process that we really need to wash them.
Learning is a continuous process as learning in cooking is a process too that we need to practice and practice until we got it perfect.
This is my first sharing this recipe as I am using this recipe in a small business back then as one of my side hustles. After experimenting many times and felt it was now perfect, I then started accepting orders.
Thank you so much for reading.
I know a lot of Filipino as my work and church friends and I have come across this treat before with many potlucks. Quite delicious.
Oh yes this is so common to Filipinos and usually this is present in every celebration..
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Parang bigla naman ako natakam.
Aarap!
Masarap talaga Yan @deythedevil, Isa kaya Yan sa mga paborito Kong kakanin hehehe. Try mo easy lang Yan Gawin. You can divide the ingredients into two para di gaano marami hehehe.. pang maramihan kasi Yan, ginawa Kong small business before hehehe.
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Omg, I missed eating kutsinga na. Mas prefer ko talaga ang puto yong classic ba with rice flour. As for kutsinta, masarap to with lots of coconut uwu.
Ah okay mas gusto mo Yung puto na bigas, di Ako marunong non...
Yes coconut talaga usual toppings nito pero i am using cheese kasi Minsan Ang grated coconut di magtagal.
Merely see the way you analyst the steps you use preparing this is kind of simple.
But unfortunately you don't keep some for me, you already finished it.hahaha
Yes it is very simple, you can try it and show me the results.
Oh sorry, we can cook again if you like, just provide the ingredients 😊😊😊
If I can get the ingredients in my local place here I will hit you so we can prepare it again.
Wow ang sarap naman sis. Ang simple lang ng recipe. Hope to try this one day.
Yes sis, super easy at available lang sa market Ang mga ingredients. Try it sis and beep me up, I am excited sa results.
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Sige ma try talaga itong recipe mu. Salamat
Sa wakas, my nag-share ng recipe ng kutsinta, ita-try ko ito sa mga darating na araw.
Sure try it, just follow and for sure you can do it. I would be happy reading your blog about it soon. Thanks for your time.
Uff having children and job it's so hard by the way I'm happy you find something that makes you feel happy and productive and these cakes look super yummy 😍
Yes I'm happy that I learned that during those.days because its save me during boring days and I am still in the adjustment period.
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Waaah kalami. My favorite.
Favorite ko din ito @bluepark kaya nagtry talaga Ako paano ito lutuin until Natuto talaga hehehe.
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Ano yung class flour? Yun tlga name? Kala ko tapioca flour to..
Third class flour sis. Dito kasi there is first class and third class flour. When we go to market, sabihin lang namin 3rd class flour. Yun Yung Pinaka basic na flour na ginagamit ko din sa mga vegetable patties ko.
Wow sis @jenthoughts my favourite naman po simula Sa pag kabata try kopo to pag my Steamer nako.
You can use steamer Ng rice cooker sis pero Yun nga lang kunti lang Ang maluto mo. Yan na Ang steps and ingredients ko sis, I haven't shared it here aside sa ingredients pang benta ko kasi Yan Dito hehehe
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It took you some time, effort, and some burnt molds 😄 but you finally did it! I'd love to have some kutsinta; it looks tempting 💕 Cheers, @jenthoughts!
Yes, those were parts of learning and experimenting until I did it right and now I was able to share it with you all.
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