Nutty Palitaw Recipe is a twist to the classic Filipino rice cake delicacy palitaw. Palitaw literally means “to appear” in English.

Step by Step Matcha Palitaw (boiled sweet rice dumplings) with Rosewater Black Sesame Sauce

Palitaw is a chewy rice cake rolled into a freshly grated coconut, toasted sesame seeds and sugar. This is a favorite Filipino dessert.

Filipino Palitaw as made by the aunties at the orphanage where I worked. Best snack ever!

Palitaw. Filipino sticky rice dumplings with grated coconut and toasted sesame seeds.