Let's learn how to cook the famous Hanging Rice "Puso" in the Philippines
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Hello and howdy food lovers. How are you today? I hope you are all doing fine and have a great day today. For today's blog, I will be sharing with you how we cook the famous hanging rice or "puso" in the Philippines.
Hanging rice or in Cebuano term "puso" are the most paired item we bring mostly in outings or any gatherings with our friends and families.
It is cooked in a triangular pouch made of woven coconut leaves which come in different sizes and forms.
To make hanging rice, one must have the talent and skills in weaving the hanging rice pouches so that it will be cooked properly. I don't have the talents and skills in making one for I do not know where to insert the patterns and I forgot easily the steps in making it. But fortunately, my parents were very much fond of making hanging rice on occasion for they believe that having this hanging rice will lessen the effort in cooking rice in the big cauldron and will spoil some of the cooked rice if not consumed immediately.
Unlike hanging rice, where you can have smaller pieces if you want to eat less. And if you want to eat more, you can get as many as you want as long as you can consume what you place on your plates.
And for today's blog, I documented my mother how prepared the hanging rice I bought during the Hive Orientation last July 29, 2023. I previously mentioned that I let my mother prepare the hanging rice for the activity.
STEPS IN COOKING THE HANGING RICE OR PUSO
🌾Firstly, you will get young coconut leaves from the coconut tree. Make sure that the coconut leaves are young so that they will just bend and not breakable easily.
🌾Next, you will create the desired design for your hanging rice. There are a lot of styles used by hanging rice makers. My mother usually makes the "kinasing style" which is shaped into a heart-like design.
🌾After making your desired hanging rice design, this time you will tightly close the pouches to ensure that the rice grains will not slip out.
🌾Next, you will now place a handful of rice grains inside the pouches. See to it that the rice grains will just be at the center portion or below so that the hanging rice will be cooked properly. If you will put more rice grains inside its pouches, the tendency, the rice grains will not be cooked.
🌾After placing rice grains, my mother usually groups the hanging rice into five or your desired number. This way, it will be easily placed into the boiling water, for easy counting.
🌾Next, in a big cauldron, place a half full of water and let it boil. When the water boils, this time you place the grouped hanging rice slowly. See to it that the water level inside the cauldron is above the level of hanging rice placed inside.
🌾After 20 to 30 minutes of continuous boiling, you can check if the hanging rice is cooked already. My mother explains that if no water droplets are dropping on hanging rice, it means it's cooked already but to make sure it's cooked, you can check it out and open it.
🌾Lastly, dip the cooked hanging rice in tap water and hang it until the water droplets will be out. This way, it will minimize the hanging rice and not spoil easily.
🌾Serve the hanging rice for any occasion. I brought the cooked hanging rice during the orientation and shared it with everybody during our lunchtime. 😊
Seeing my mother preparing the hanging rice is just so easy for her. I am so overwhelmed by how she prepared everything for every occasion we had.
I am so happy that she loves what she's doing. And with my help and my father's help as well, the preparations of the hanging rice take just a minute.
That's all for today's blog.
Have a nice day everyone!
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In any occasion especially fiesta, puso is never absent. Mama, just like yours, has mastered the skills in making and cooking puso. I was in my second grade when I learn how to make puso. I remembered when Mama told me, "I will teach you once and if you still don't know it, you have to learn it on your own."
Mao to. Naninguha ko magkat-on. Hehehe
Haha good for you maam.. Aku dili jud kamao mobuhat ani, mokaon ra jud ko. 😂
Hahaha kamao ko mohimo maam pero di sad ko kamao motudlo. Malimot na ko sa steps. Gulo-gulo brain na. HAHHAHAHAHA
lami ning puso ipares sa inasal
Check jd sir..
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Sa una, pwede nani isuwa sa kan on, bisan pag kan on pud ni siya.. kay humot man kaayo
Kaayu sir, Ang kan.on mais gisuwa sa posò.
Mao jd sir.. Sauna mao daw isuwa ang poso sa kan on nga mais.. Unya lipay na kaayo jd basta makakaon nag poso.
I don't know how to make posò,but I know how to cooke posò. Karun paku ma'am @selflessgem ihumol ug tap water para dli dali madaot. Woow.thanks ma'am
Dili sad ko kahibaw maam.. Hehe i just knew it from my mother which she mostly did everytime we were having occasions. 😊
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I wanted to learn how to make puso before but dli jud nko mahimo kanang hugot hugot sa lukay.hehehehe
Lisuda gyud anang mag insert2 nas lukay mam.. Dli jd ko kahibaw pud😊
Same ta mam lisud kaau na ai,nya dapat walay lungag aron dli mausik ang bugas
My daughters know how to waive the puso, they are very observant if their lola made it. But so sorry because I don't know how to make it.
I don't know how to make this ma'am.. Hehe I forgot easily the steps everytime my mother teaches me.
Grabe! It needs a lot of effort to make it.
Thank you for appreciating. Indeed, it's not easy to create the weaving of pouches but for some who are familiar with it, seems so easy for them😊
I really need to learn how to weave these coconut leaves to make the puso! My mother taught me the steps but I just couldn't make it into its appropriate heart-shaped or the kinasing style as your mom said!But I salute to the oldies who are very good at making and cooking rice this way!
I find it hard to make also this one @missjoycee. I don't know where to insert the weaving of coconut pouches. 😊 Salute to all fast learners who made to create even they were just observing the adults in making these.
until now I can't make this Ketupat. term for Indonesian people. I always buy this ketupat mold @selflessgem
It's easy for my parents for making this one. But I don't know how to make one of this also. I find it hard to weave the rice pouches. 😊 Thank you for dropping by.
Ohhh, it's kinda long process especially dun palang sa weaving, but it's all worth it if the result is like. I never tried hanging rice pa but I often see them in those videos from vloggers. It's a unique way cooking the rice, it is cool.
Thank you for appreciating @ruffatotmeee. It's a long process but for those who are fond of making it already is just so easy for them 😊
Sad to say I don't know how to do that. Nagka idea lang ko ana pag teach nako sa MAPEH. Pero dili sad gyud full. hehe. Lahi rang lami sa puso ug lami.
hehe aku dili sad gyud ko kamao ma'am...😊
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I had never heard of this rice or the way it was cooked. Today I learned something new. I'm sure it looked very good and you enjoyed it very much. Greetings from Spain 😇
Thank you @ayneblood. This hanging rice is very familiar here in the Philippines especially in Cebu. Another good way to cook the rice grains 😊
Wow... I had this when I was in Phillipines.. one of my colleague brought from her home... I was not aware about the recipe... Thank you for sharing
It was a pleasure sharing with you all😊
Awsm nice to know!
Thank you so much.
Dili na maihap kung pila akoang mahurot nga puso kung tuslob buwa nay hisgutan 🤣 lami kaayo ipares! Thank you for sharing our finest hanging rice, @selflessgem! 💛
Thank you @joyceful for appreciating. 😊
To be honest, I still I do not know how to weave and make a puso. Hehe. I only know how to refill the rice inside of it. I think I need to learn njd ay.
Hehe aku rang parents kamao jd maam.. As in aku tudluan malimot ko asa na dpt ipasok ang dahon😊
It looks awesome! I certainly can't cook this at home 🙃
My parents always do this at home whenever we had event or occasions😊