CASSAVA SUMAN RECIPE (Zamboangueño Style)

Suman Camanting or Sweetened Cassava Cake

Suman Camanting is a cassava cake wrapped with banana leaves. This is also a traditional filipino native delicacy commonly sold after sunday mass. This kind of food is also a good source of carbohydrates.

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                                                                    INGREDIENTS

            GRATED CASSAVA                                                            COCONUT MILK

            CONDENSED MILK                                                         BROWN SUGAR

                MUSCOVADO                                                         BANANA LEAVES

                                                  

                                                    COOKING PROCEDURES

Step 1. Grate cassava tuber then remove its juice to eliminate its high content of toxic substance called cyanide using any clean cloth.

Step 2

Combine all ingredients into a large container. Mix them well.

Step 3

Take a spoonful of the mixture then wrapped it with banana leaf. 

Step 4

Put all raw suman in a cooking pot. Fill it with potable water to cover. Cook it under fire for an hour or more to achieve cooking perfection.

Step 5. Ready to serve.

You may check the video presentation entitled Suman Camanting on Facebook and How to make sweetened cassava: suman camanting on YouTube by Just AnyTink