Squash Bloghop: Sticky Rice with Pumpkin Coconut Compote

November is studded with family celebrations.  Of course there's Thanksgiving, when all of my kids will be going home, and it's our first in St. Louis.  Also, we will celebrate the birthdays of my two girls.  And one event I am really looking forward to is that I'm off to Orlando to see my Mama who will be flying in from the Philippines.  Along with my brother and aunt, they will be spending the Holidays here in the US.  They are  also here to attend my sister's and brother-in-law's 20th wedding anniversary party, which is turning out to be a huge affair.  My Mama's sisters from Canada are also flying in. I haven't seen my Mama for more than a year.  This is the first time too that all of my mom's sisters will be all together after so many years. Having said that, the excitement is killing me.  My thoughts run faster than my words, or better yet, they run faster than my fingers could strike the right key.

Like most family gatherings, I'm certain the center of activities will be around the dining table and the busiest part of the house will be the kitchen.  One of my aunts is a seasoned caterer in Manila, the other one is a fabulous baker who could compete of the title of being Canada's Cake Boss.  Not to be outdone is my brother in law who has already planned his menu and having my sister taste test his cooking. All of them plus me in the kitchen, I bet we will have our own version of Iron Chef battling in the kitchen stadium.    

And oh btw, we finally "moved"(after 7 weeks in STL) to our new place over the weekend and with the 4000th box (ok, I'm exaggerating, lol!) unpacked, I still managed to have the time to play around with my pumpkin recipe to share with you for this month's Squash Bloghop.  With my mom's pending arrival as my inspiration (and knowing how my mom and her sisters love deko or sticky rice) I tweaked one of my Mama's easy afternoon favorite snack Puto Maya.  Puto Maya is basically sticky rice boiled with coconut milk and topped with freshly grated coconut and sugar.  To make it extra special, and to go with Bloghop's theme this month, I added pumpkin coconut compote.  I bet once I introduce this dessert/snack to my mom and my aunts they will never look at puto maya the same way again, haha.

Sticky Rice with Pumpkin Coconut Compote

for the sticky rice we need:

 Ingredients:

3 cups rice
5 cups water
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 cans coconut milk

Procedure:
Soak the rice with water for 20 minutes.  In a pan, pour the rice with water.  Add 2 more cups of water and 1 can of coconut milk, sugar and salt.  Bring it to a boil while stirring continuously to make sure that the rice won't stick to the bottom of the pan.

Continue to cook until the water is absorbed.  Add the other can of coconut milk. Let it simmer and cook until rice is tender but not mushy.  Set aside.

Now for the Pumpkin Coconut Compote, I adapted a Brazilian recipe from Weirdcombinations' blog. Click here for the recipe

Layer the sticky rice and the pumpkin compote and you get this:

Now remember pumkin yema balls  I posted last week?

When it's not rolled the mixture looks like so:
You could definitely use it as an alternative... and it is as good! All you  need are:
3 eggs
1 can condensed milk
1/2 can pumpkin puree
1 tbsp plain flour
a pinch of salt

Combine all the ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Cook in a double boiler.  Continue stirring until it thickens.  
Now, layer it with sticky rice and you have a warm dessert or snack to soothe you in this cold November rain.

November is #squashlove month!

Please join the #squashove fun by linking up any squash recipe from the month of November 2011. Don't forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #squashlove event! The twitter hashtag is #squashlove. :)



This month is co hosted by

Baker Street | Anuradha : @bakerstreet29
Bloc De Recetas | Salomé : @blocderecetas
Bon à croquer | Valerie : @valouth
Cafe Terra Blog | Terra : @cafeterrablog
Cake Duchess | Lora : @cakeduchess
Elephant Eats | Amy
Food Wanderings | Shulie : @foodwanderings
Hobby and More | Richa : @betit19
Mike's Baking | Mike : @mikesbaking
Mis Pensamientos | Junia : @juniakk
My Twisted Recipes | Dudut : @mytwistedrecipe
No One Like Crumbley Cookies | T.R : @TRCrumbley
Queens Notebook | Elizabeth : @mango_queen
Simply Reem | Reem : @simplyreem
Skip To Malou | Malou : @malou_nievera
Teaspoon Of Spice | Serena : @tspcurry
The Daily Palette | Annapet : @thedailypalette
The Professional Palette | Regan : @profpalate
The Spicy RD | EA : @thespicyrd
Vegan Miam | Rika : @veganmiam