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Bibingkoy Recipe

Bibingkoy

A flavorful rice cake treat filled with a sweet bean paste and topped with a creamy coconut milk sauce, glutinous rice balls, jackfruit strips, and sago
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Soaking Time 8 hours
Total Time 10 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the Dough

  • 3 cups glutinous rice flour
  • 4 ½ cup water
  • 1 tbsp oil (enough for greasing)
  • 200 grams red mung beans (1 pack)
  • 4 tbsp white sugar

Ingredients for the Toppings

  • 1 ½ cup coconut milk
  • 4 tbsp white sugar
  • 1 tbsp glutinous rice flour
  • ½ cup cooked sago (tapioca pearls)

Instructions
 

Making the Filling

  • First things first, grab a bowl and soak those red beans in water for about 8 hours or even overnight.
  • Once they've soaked, drain the water, and toss those red mung beans into a pot.
  • Add 3 cups of water, cover, and cook those red mung beans until the water completely evaporates and they become tender.
  • Turn off the heat and give those beans a good mash.
  • Sprinkle in the white sugar and keep mashing until everything's well combined and the beans are perfectly mashed. Let it cool down a bit.
  • When the beans are cool enough to handle, take a spoonful and shape it into a ball. Set these little bean balls aside.

Making the Dough

  • Time to deal with that glutinous rice flour. Grab a bowl and add 1 ½ cups of water to it.
  • Roll up your sleeves and mix it up using your hands until you can form a ball with it.
  • Take a piece of the dough, shape it into a small ball, and then flatten it out.
  • Now, place one of those sweetened red mung bean balls in the center of the dough, and seal it up by forming it into a ball again.
  • Grab a pan and place a banana leaf in it. Brush the leaf with a bit of oil to prevent the dough from sticking.
  • Put your dough balls with the red bean fillings on top of the banana leaves, then cover them with more oiled banana leaves and a lid.
  • Cook these little bundles of joy for about 20 minutes.
  • Once they're done, transfer them to a serving plate. Don't remove those banana leaves just yet!

Making the Toppings

  • It's topping time! Mix the coconut milk and cooked sago together and give it a good stir.
  • Add in the white sugar. If you've got a sweet tooth, feel free to add a bit more.
  • Sprinkle in the glutinous rice flour and stir until everything's nicely combined.
  • Keep stirring while letting it simmer for about 10 minutes.
  • When it's thick and smooth, remove the pot from the heat and transfer it to a bowl.

Serving

  • Unwrap the bibingkoy by removing the banana leaves.
  • Slice a portion of bibingkoy and place it on a serving plate.
  • Top it with the sweetened coconut mixture.