Puto - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups rice, soaked in
1 1/2 cups water, overnight
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 - 1 1/2 cup white sugar
4 egg whites
2 tablespoons sugar, for egg whites
coconut, to ur desire

Preparation

You may use long grain.
In a heavy duty blender, puree soaked rice in water until very fine.
Pour in a bowl; add sugar and 2 teaspoons baking powder.
Mix well and set aside.
Beat egg whites until stiff.
Add 2 tablespoons sugar to keep the air in the beaten egg whites.
Fold the egg whites into the beaten rice batter and pour into muffin pans.
Steam for about 20 minutes or until done. (Optional: Sprinkle a few anise seeds on top of the puto) Serve with grated coconut.
Note: You may use basket steamer in a wok half filled with water.