More Food Adventures: FROM MY KITCHEN #4: CHEEZY CUCHINTA

Hello everyone, I have started this food meme for me to share and hopefully for anyone and everyone to join. I call this "FROM MY KITCHEN" since the plan is for us to feature food made or prepared from our kitchen.. Whether you cooked it yourself or repackaged the meal to suit your foodie fans... Just tell us how you did it and that's it... This is open Saturdays as most of us have more time to cook during weekends... But you can start sharing your entries from 7:01 pm Fridays and ends 12:01 AM Tuesdays... Please copy the badge and link it to this post. Thanks and happy cooking---

For my entry this week, I wanna share with you CHEEZY CUCHINTA.. since it is MY FAVORITE KAKANIN...I know the usual kutchinta is topped with freshly grated young coconuts... This time, to do away with the painstaking process of grating the coconut or as a solution to not having a young coconut available to grate, I have topped my kutsinta with grated cheese.. It is also advised to wrap each kutsinta with plastic wrap once cheese is already placed on top. That seals in the cheese flavor and when cooled inside the refrigerator, it gives out a very nice cheese aroma the moment it is taken out to eat... Try it, it's oh so good... YUMMY!

There are two ways to make Kutsinta so below are the two different recipes...

Recipe #1:

Ingredients:

1 cup rice flour
1 tsp lye water
3 cups water
2 cups packed brown sugar

Procedure: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl; beat well. Half-fill a muffin pan with the batter, then steam covered over 2 inches of water for about 30 minutes. Top with grated cheese (or like what I said the usual grated young coconut).

Recipe #2

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups water
1 tsp. lija (lye water)
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
red food coloring

Procedure: Add water to flour gradually while beating. Then mix in the remaining ingredients, plus a dash of red food coloring. Continue beating until well blended. Pour on ungreased molders (3/4 full). Cover with cheese cloth and steam for 30 minutes or until done. Serve with fresh grated cheese (or like what I said the usual grated young coconut).

Note: Boil water in steamer before placing molds. If you don't have the steamer, you can also use your rice cooker...