HOW TO MAKE UBE-MAIS BIKO

UBE MAIS BIKO

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 20 servings

1 cup sweet wild rice
2 cups sweet rice
4 cups (1 qt) water
2 can coconut milk
1 packet (4.6 oz) ube powder
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 can corn, drained.
a pinch of salt
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3 drops of ube extract
Coconut curd (latik)

Soak rice individually with 1 cup of water each.
Let it stand for 2 hours to soften a little.
Add 4 cups water in a pot.
Add sweet wild rice into the pot.
Cook for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
then add sweet rice, coconut milk, ube powder, sugar,
use medium heat and cook for 15 minutes until soft.
Add salt and vanilla extract.
Add corn.
Add ube extract if you want a deeper purple color.
Continue to cook and stir for another 15 to 20 minutes until liquid is almost gone and very sticky.
Done!
You need to cool down the biko completely (1 hour) before serving.
Pour batter into a container, flatten the top and brush with latik.