Biko(Sticky Rice Cake)

Biko (BI-KOH) is the Filipino term for sweet sticky rice cake. It consists of mainly 3 ingredients: sweet rice, coconut milk, and brown sugar. Some serve it with toppings, some don’t. Others also add vanilla extract, but it’s not necessary. This dessert is popular during New Year’s Eve celebration in the Philippines, because Filipinos believe that if you consume as many sweet treats as you can during this time, the coming year will be a good one. It is time consuming and work incentive. It is truly a labor of love to make it as it needs patience as you stay by the pot stirring the cooking coconut milk and sugar to get the right consistency. Other version of biko doesn’t use black sticky rice. Usually they use, mix sweet rice with black rice to give it that dark purplish look, which is more of the signature biko, time consuming. Biko is best for “pista minatay” during November 1. It is good and amazing to taste.