Binaki - Bukidnon, Mindanao

My hometown native delicacy, Binaki is steamed cake made of grated young corn with powdered milk, baking powder and sugar mixed with water. It is a known delicacy of Northern Mindanao and was originally a homemade dessert in Bukidnon. In the native language, naming the delicacy “binaki” is pretty weird since the term sounds like baki, which is the vernacular for frog. This delicacy has nothing to do with frogs, though, and it doesn’t taste like one either

 My first try of binaki was when I went to Malaybalay, the capital city of Bukidnon. In Cagayan de Oro, vendors of binaki are just around the streets of Divisoria and Cogon Market. If made with the best choice of ingredients, clean and hardworking hands, and with patient preparation, binaki will be one of the most delicious hunger reliever to an empty stomach

Ingredients:

2 cups grounded young corn

1/4 cup powdered milk

1 tsp Baking powder

1/2 cup Sugar

3 glasses water

corn husks for wrapping

Procedure:

Combine sugar, powdered milk and baking powder. Add corn and mix thoroughly. Pile 2 corn husks and fill 2 tbsp of the mixture. Wrap and tie. Repeat the same procedure with the rest of the mixture. Arrange in a saucepan, add water then boil until done.