Kutsinta

Cuchinta
Alternative names	Kutsinta, Kuchinta, Kutchinta
Type	Rice cake
Course	Dessert, merienda, or snack
Place of origin	Philippines
Serving temperature	Room temperature
Main ingredients	Tapioca or Rice flour, brown sugar, lye, grated coconut meat
Similar dishes	Mont kywe the, Kuih kosui
	Media: Cuchinta;

Puto cuchinta or kutsinta is a type of steamed rice cake (puto) found throughout the Philippines. It is made from a mixture of tapioca or rice flour, brown sugar and lye, enhanced with yellow food coloring or annatto extract, and steamed in small ramekins. It bears resemblance to the Burmese mont kywe the and Indonesian and Malaysian kuih kosui.

The cooked cakes are topped with fresh grated meat from mature coconut.^[1] It is consumed year-round as a merienda or snack, and is frequently sold along with puto. Unlike its counterpart, which has a doughy texture, kutsinta has a jelly-like, chewy consistency. It can be also enhanced by adding latik for a sweeter taste.

References

^ del Mundo, Angelita M. "Emerging Versions of Some Traditional Philippine Rice Food Products." Disappearing Foods: Studies in Foods and Dishes at Risk: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. 1994

[1] Mundo, Angelita M. "Emerging Versions of Some Traditional Philippine Rice Food Products." Disappearing Foods: Studies in Foods and Dishes at Risk: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. 1994

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v t Rice cakes
Burmese	Apon Mont Baung Bein Htanthi Htoe Khanon i Khauk Kywe the Lin maya Lone yay baw Masakat Pashu Pathein halawa Phet htok Shwe htamin Shwe yin aye
Chinese	Aiwowo Bai tang gao Chongyang cake Ciba cake Erkuai Et Fa gao Funing big cake Hee pan Huang mimian zha gao [zh] Jian dui Kueh Ang ku Chwee Hao Png Soon Tao Yi bua Lo mai chi Lüdagun Mooncake Crystal mooncake Hakka mooncake Nian gao Osmanthus cake Put chai ko Qiegao (rice cake) [zh] Qingtuan Sì Song gao Tangyuan Taro cake Tea cake [zh] Tong but lut Turnip cake You zha gao [zh] Zeng gao [zh] Zi fan gao [zh] Zongzi Alkaline zongzi [zh] Lao ma gong zongzi [zh]
Filipino	Ampaw Baye baye Bibingka Biko Binakle Buchi Dodol Espasol Kutsinta Mache Masi Moche Morón Palitaw Putli mandi Puto Bumbong Pusô Salukara Sapin-sapin Sayongsong Suman Tupig
Indonesian	Apam Arem-arem Bakcang Bibingka Burasa Burgo Dadar gulung Dodol Idli Ketupat Kue Bugis Clorot Cucur Kembang goyang Keranjang Klepon Kochi Ku Lapis Mochi Onde-onde Pancong Pinyaram Putu Putu mangkok Putu mayang Laklak Lemper Lepet Lontong Lupis Madumongso Nagasari Rempeyek Rengginang Serabi Timphan Wajik Wingko
Japanese	Chimaki Dango Chichi Kibi Mochi Agemochi Akafuku mochi [ja] Botamochi Daifuku Goheimochi Hanabiramochi Hishi mochi Kagami mochi Kankoro mochi Kashiwa mochi Kusa mochi Kuzumochi Onimochi Sakuramochi Zunda mochi Mochi donut Moffle Senbei Arare Olive no Hana Kaki no tane Shiruko Wagashi Akumaki Bontan Ame Higashi Hyōroku mochi Karukan Suama Uirō Warabimochi Yatsuhashi Zōni
Korean	Danja Gyeongdan Hwajeon Tteok Baek-seolgi Bukkumi Bupyeon Chanochi Chapssal-tteok Gaepi-tteok Garae-tteok Hobak-tteok Injeolmi Jeolpyeon Jeungpyeon Mujigae-tteok Omegi-tteok Siru-tteok Songpyeon Tteokbokki Rabokki Tteokguk
South Asian	Appam Bhakkha Idli Kozhukkatta Thinai Patoli Pitha Bhapa Chunga Manda Nakshi Puttu Sanna Seenakku
Vietnamese	Bánh Bèo Bó Bò Căn Cáy Chưng Cốm Da lợn Bánh dẻo [vi] Đúc Bánh gai [vi] Bánh gật gù [vi] Giầy Giò Bánh hòn [vi] In Bánh ít [vi] Bánh ít trần [vi] Bánh khọt [vi] Banh khuc [vi] Lá Bánh lá mơ [vi] Mật Bánh nậm [vi] Bánh nếp [vi] Phu thê Quẩy thừng Tẻ Tét Tổ Tráng Bánh tro [vi] Bánh trứng kiến [vi] Ú Bỏng gạo [vi] Chè trôi nước
Other	Butter mochi Puffed rice cakes Ryžový nákyp

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