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Carioca
Carioca are sweet, chewy deep fried rice balls coated in a sticky brown sugar and coconut milk glaze. This Filipino street food snack uses coconut milk in both the dough and the coating for a richer flavor.
Filipino Updated 9/8/2010
Ingredients
Measured from the catalog payload.
- 1 cup sweet rice flour
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 3/4 cup coconut milk
- 2 cups cooking oil
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
Instructions
8 cooking steps
- In a mixing bowl, combine the sweet rice flour, sweetened shredded coconut, and coconut milk. Mix everything together until a soft dough forms.
- Scoop about 1½ tablespoons of the mixture and roll it into a ball using your hands. Repeat until all the dough is used up. Set the balls aside on a plate.
- Heat the cooking oil in a deep pot over medium heat.
- Carefully lower the balls into the hot oil. Deep fry for 5 to 7 minutes, turning occasionally, until they turn light to medium brown.
- Remove the fried balls from the oil with a slotted spoon and transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels to drain the excess oil. Set aside.
- Prepare the coating. Heat a saucepan over medium heat, then pour in the coconut milk and bring it to a boil. Add the brown sugar and stir continuously until the mixture thickens. Turn off the heat.
- Dip the fried balls into the coconut milk coating until each one is evenly covered. Skewer on bamboo sticks if desired.
- Serve warm. Share and enjoy!
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Appetizer, Dessert, Snack carioca recipe, chewy, coconut, deep fried, sweet Public recipe Revision 1