Mache (food) explained

Mache
Alternate Name:Matse
Country:Philippines
Region:Santa Rosa and BiƱan, Laguna
Course:Dessert or snack
Served:Room temperature
Main Ingredient:Glutinous rice, sugar, pandan, grated coconut
Similar Dish:Moche, Masi, Buchi, Palitaw
No Commons:true

Mache or matse are glutinous rice balls originally plain or flavored with coconut and pandan from the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is made from boiled galapong (ground soaked glutinous rice) usually plain or with pandan flavoring. It is then filled with toasted sesame seeds and sugar and rolled in more glutinous rice flour or powdered sugar for more sweetness. The resulting dish is characteristically white in color or green due to the pandan extracts.[1] [2] [3]

Other versions of the dish do not use pandan and are very similar to the Kapampangan moche and Cebuano masi.[4] [5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A taste of the Philippines' most unique 'kakanin' . GMA News Online . August 30, 2012 . December 3, 2018.
  2. Web site: Mga Patok na Kakanin na karamihan sa atin ay ngayon lang Makikita . The Trending Planet . November 14, 2018 . December 3, 2018.
  3. Web site: Laguna delicacies . Glossary of Filipino Food . December 3, 2018.
  4. Web site: Castillo . Lydia . Cebu Again . PhilStar Global . December 3, 2018.
  5. News: 'Sinukmani,' 'kilawing puso ng saging,' 'guinataang yapyap,' 'matse' - Sta. Rosa specialties . Philippine Daily Inquirer . December 3, 2018.