Chocolate Moron

This chocolate moron that is made up of ground glutinous rice or rice flour mix, chocolate, sugar and coconut milk also known as “malagkit” being cooked in coconut milk. Moron can either be mixed or plain with cocoa or chocolate. The Moron has the similar consistency of the suman and the cocoa enhances the taste (it’s hard to go wrong with chocolaty taste). Moron is so soft, that you can cut the small tube with a pair of scissors down the middle and just squeeze it out. You can go through a lot really quick.

Chocolate moron is usually served during special occasions, fiestas, Christmas and New Tacloban. You can buy these sweet treats at the downtown area in any pasalubong shops of Tacloban City.

It is rolled and wrapped in banana leaves then boiled or steamed.

Try making chocolate moron at home!

The ingredients:

·         1/2 cup malagkit (glutinous) rice

·         1-1/2 cup ordinary rice

·         3/4 cup coconut milk

·         1-1/2 cup sugar

·         1 cup chocolate or cocoa (any brand)

·         banana leaves, wilted over fire

·         melted butter

·         string

Procedures:

·         Soak overnight the malagkit and ordinary rice. Grind the following day.

·         Soak both ground rice in coconut milk until soft. Add sugar and the chocolate.

·         Cook over low fire, constantly stirring until thick. Set aside and cool.

·         Prepare the leaves for wrapping by heating by over low fire. Brush the leaves with butter.

·         Put 2 tbsp. of the mixture in every wrap. Tie with string. Repeat until all are wrapped.

·         Cook/steam for half an hour in a double boiler container or a steamer.

 -Kimberly Padacao