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Bingka Dawa
Visayan dawa millet cake baked on banana leaves with coconut milk, eggs, and brown sugar.
- Prep time
- 25 min plus soaking
- Cook time
- 55–75 min
- Yield
- 8–10
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Method
- Rinse millet and soak 4 hours, then drain.
- Simmer in fresh water until tender, 20–30 minutes, and drain very well.
- Heat the oven to 190°C and line a shallow 23 cm pan with banana leaves.
- Whisk rice flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add coconut milk, eggs, and butter, then fold in cooked millet.
- Pour into the lined pan and add optional toppings.
- Bake 30–40 minutes until the centre is set and the banana-leaf edge is aromatic.
- Brush with butter, cool 15 minutes, and slice.
