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Badak Berendam or Kuih Koci Bersantan
I am presuming that many of the non-Asians would find this dessert totally an alien, BUT I can assure you that once you have tried this, you are going to love it. The term Kueh/Kuih is referred to traditional desserts and savory snacks and is widely used in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Coconut has been gaining a lot of popularity with food enthusiasts and this dessert is all about the coconut! Coconut adds such an amazing and rich flavor to a recipe and a lot of Asian desserts use coconut as one of its main ingredients. It could either be in the form of coconut milk or shredded coconut. In this recipe, it would showcase the usage of coconut in both forms.

Badak Berendam or Kuih Koci Bersantan (Glutinous Rice Balls in Coconut Sauce) is a very popular traditional dessert in Singapore, as well as many parts of Malaysia and Indonesia as well. It is especially popular and widely sold during Ramadan (Fasting Month). Badak Berendam/Kuih Koci Bersantan are basically glutinous rice balls that are stuffed with grated coconut that has been cooked with palm sugar/coconut sugar. These balls are then boiled or steamed for a couple of minutes before dropping them in a sauce made from coconut milk. Double the coconut goodness and yes, these are completely vegan!

If you have eaten Mochi before, this has the exact texture just like a Mochi, but this one is definitely more delicious.

Badak Berendam or Kuih Koci Bersantan

If you are living in another part of the world and ingredients like screw pine leaves are not easily available, fret not as you can still make this dessert because the screw pine leaves are optional. The three main ingredients for this dessert would be:

Glutinous Rice Flour
Coconut
Palm sugar/Coconut sugar
This dessert is made up of three components:

The coconut filling.
The glutinous rice balls.
The coconut sauce.
Does it sound complicated? Yes, maybe.

Is it complicated to prepare? Definitely not.

Badak Berendam or Kuih Koci Bersantan
The glutinous rice balls – before steaming
Badak Berendam or Kuih Koci Bersantan
The glutinous rice balls – after steaming.
We all know that Asian food is yummy. From the very popular Vietnamese Spring Rolls to a spicy Chicken Curry, Asian cuisines never fail to tantalize your taste buds. People, it’s time to add another delicious Asian recipe to your repertoire! If you love Asian food or you simply love coconuts, let the recipe below guide you and this delicious and sinful dessert would surely satisfy your sweet tooth.

This is also one of the perfect desserts to make when you want to serve something unique to your guests or when it comes to feeding a large crowd as the ingredients are really cheap! I hope I did not sound like a cheapo there? *Palmface* Well if it is cheap, yet delicious…why not right

Ingredients:

For The Filling
250g palm sugar or Coconut sugar
Freshly shredded coconut (from one coconut)
A pinch of salt
For The Glutinous Rice Balls
300g glutinous rice flour
1 cup water
8 screwpine leaves (optional)
For The Sauce
500 ml coconut milk
1 tablespoon plain flour
⅓ cup water
½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
For The Coconut Filling
Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a non-stick pan and cook this for about 15 minutes or until the mixture is almost dry.
Set this aside to cool. The filling can be prepared 1-2 days in advance and stored in the refrigerator.
For The Coconut Milk Sauce
Place the coconut milk and salt in a pot and cook this over a moderately low flame.
Add the flour and water in a bowl and mix well.
Once the coconut milk is almost reaching a boil, add the flour mixture and mix well.
Stir till it reaches a soft boil.
Keep this aside.
For The Glutinous Rice Balls
In a blender, blend the water and screwpine leaves. Strain the juice and discard the bits of leaves.
Skip this step if you are not using screwpine leaves.
Mix the glutinous rice flour with the water or the blended screwpine juice.
Add more glutinous rice flour or more water as required. All you want is a nice smooth dough that is not sticky.
Take a small amount of the dough and fill it with half a teaspoon of the coconut filling.
Roll into balls and place these on a non-stick paper or tray.
Cooking The Glutinous Rice Balls
Boiling Method:
Boil a pot of water and once the water comes to a soft roll, add the glutinous rice balls one by one. Do not overcrowd the pot.
Once the glutinous rice balls float, remove them from the hot water, drain and add it into the coconut milk sauce.
Steaming Method: (My Preferred Method)
Prepare the steamer.
Once the water boils, add the glutinous rice balls in the steamer and steam for about 10-15 minutes, depending on the size of the balls.
Once cooked, add these to the coconut milk sauce.
Notes
If you are not using screw pine leaves but you still want the glutinous rice balls to be green, you can add a few drops of green coloring to the water before making the glutinous rice balls. Alternatively, you can also add a few drops of screw pine/pandan extract

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The Masskara Festival through the years gives the people of Negros, as well as local and foreign visitors, a chance to drink and be merry for 20 days. Originally designed to show the hardships of the people of Negros, the Masskara Festival has become a tool of escapism and a way to generate revenues for big business. It has indeed come a long way, and it is clear that the path turn away from the progressive goal.

Bacolod City is known for the popular Masskara Festival which takes place here Oct. 1-20. Local and foreign visitors get a chance to enjoy 20 days of merry making, beer drinking, dining and street dancing. On the weekend nearest to 19 October, the biggest party in Bacalod is scheduled to take place. Bacalod is the capital city of the country's sugar-producing province of Bocalenos.

The term Masskara is created from two words: mass, meaning crowd, and the Spanish word cara, for face; thus the double meaning for "mask" and "many faces". It was coined by Ely Santiago, a painter, cartoonist, and cultural artist, who devoted show in his art works the many faces of Negrenses overwhelmed with various crises.

group of masskara dancers A smiling mask, which is the symbol of the fiesta was conceived by the organizers to show the happy spirit of the Negrenses despite experiencing bad times in the sugar industry.

The Masskara festival was first envisioned in 1980 to add color and jollity to the Bcolod City's celebration of its Charter Day anniversary, on 19 October. The symbol of the festival - a smiling mask - was adopted by the organizers to dramatize the Negrenses happy spirit, in spite of periodic economic downturns in the sugar industry.

Throughout the week, people from all over the Visayas, gather to the town plaza. They join Bacoleños in the non-stop round of festivities. Even if you don't feel like dancing and singing, the pig catching and pole climbing competitions are musts. Some are also trying their luck and testing their skills in mask-making contests, disco king and queen competitions, coconut-milk drinking to name a few.

Masks are the order of the day at the Masskara parade, as brightly-costumed men and women dance and strut in the streets. Their beaming faces are be-dimpled, smiling and laughing in molded clay or papier-mâché. Every group is represented: civic associations, commercial establishments, schools, even private and government organizations. They march out in excited crowd wearing their painted masks and elaborate costumes, all vying for prizes in judging that will be held in the afternoon. The festival also benefits Bacolod tourism not only because tourists flock the city during this time to join the merrymaking but also to buy the orchids and ornate handicrafts on sale.
dancing at masskara festival
HISTORY

The festival instills among the people the culture of escapism and obscurantism, where they have to accept and forget their sufferings caused by the exploitation and oppression of the landlords.
In this city, people are encouraged by the organizers, mostly big business and hacenderos (big landlords), to forget the economic hardships and depression which happen especially during tiempo muerto (dead season, or off sugar harvest-milling season). Bacolod is the capital city of Negros Occidental, known as the Sugar Bowl of the Philippines and is part of Western Visayas in central Philippines.

Originally and ironically, the masks reflected the people’s grief over the loss of their numerous loved ones when, in 1979, Negros Navigation’s luxury liner MS Don Juan crashed with a tanker. Five years before, there was a big drop in sugar production. The people of Negros suffered from the excess of sugar in the world market caused by the Caribbean sugar crisis and the introduction of sugar substitute like the High Fructose Corn Syrup in the United States. All these led to the holding of the first Masskara Festival in 1980. Santiago’s original proposal to hold annual parade using masks to capture the crisis in Negros, was changed by the local elite into street dancing and merry-making festival. This rich imagery of masks was used by the hacenderos and local politicians to hide the suffering of the Negrenses. From then on, Masskara Festival became one of the popular attractions in Negros, drawing thousands of people within and outside the country.

During this festival every October, the city’s public plaza is brought alive into a huge beer garden. There is also Masskara Street-dancing contests highlighting the whole festival. Masskara Festival was intended as an encouragement to all to fight back and to keep smiling despite the sugar problems, and highlighted that hope still existed. Since then, the smiling masks have become the city's symbol, thus earning its tag as the "City of Smile." This annual festival, which has become one of Philippines best known tourist attraction, has been earning raves both from local and foreign tourists. Masskara Festival has also been judged the most beautiful and colorful festival among the various contingents from other countries.

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