"Karioka" may be known by most athletes as a footwork exercise but for Filipinos, it is a dessert that you wouldn't want to miss. Karioka, or the Filipino Chewey Balls is one of my favorite desserts. It is sweet, crunchy in the outside and chewey on the inside. Eating this would make you want for more. Simply thinking about will make your mouth water and make your stomach growl. When I was a kid, I will always watch out for the street vendor who shouts "Karioka, Banana-cue, Kamote-cue..." It is cheap, very unique and surprisingly, very easy to do.
Here is a recipe for those people out there who would want to taste and make this sweet concoction.
Karioka (Filipino Chewy Balls) With Sweet Sugar Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups mochiko sweet rice flour (glutinous rice flour)
- 3 cups coconut milk, buy 2 cans
- 3/4 cup coconut, sport strings (macapuno)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- oil, for f rying
- bamboo skewers (usually four balls onto one skewer) (optional)
Directions
- DOUGH: Mix 2 cups of mochiko and 2 cups of coconut milk together. Mixture will be very wet. Add macapuno to the dough.
- Make into 1" to 1 1/2" balls and deep fry. (TIP: while forming, using two spoons. Then, immediately put into frying pan).
- SAUCE: Boil 1 cup coconut milk and brown sugar until sticky. Dip karioka into the sauce and eat or pour/drizzle the sauce on the karioka. Skewer. Some people don't like their karioka sweet so they just roll/dust brown sugar on top of the karioka while its hot.
sources:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Karioka-Filipino-Chewy-Balls-With-Sweet-Sugar-Sauce-146225
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11 comments:
never heard of this before
me too. but I want to try it some other time :)
Paco, there's always karioka at the caf :))
this "Karioka" looks alien to me, but it definitely looks yummier than meat balls or beef balls! :O
i gotta try this!
Yeah, you should! It's a great snack!
Whats this??? :)) can we eat it in class?
I saw my brother eating Karioka at the caf :))
It looks delicious. Makes me wanna try :D
Interesting... :> :))
First time I've seen a recipe for it. Will try to make one soon! :D
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