
Originated from China, buchi is a Filipino favorite which is made of glutinous rice stuffed with a sweet filling, rolled in sesame seeds, and fried into golden brown goodness.
Since it became one of the Pinoy favorites, the varieties of buchi are plentiful as many have tried to put their own twist on it.
But what's trending right now is the unconventional and fun buchi balls popularized by entrepreneur Camille Dela Cruz of Manila.
Her buchi rolls was was inspired by several pandemic comfort food that dominated the social media world these past few months. It comes seven flavors--ube cheese, black yema, chocolate, matcha, mozzarella cheese and the classic mongo-filled buchi.
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Here are all the ingredients you'll need to make Camille's Ube Cheese Buchi:
Glutinous rice flour
Condensed milk
Sugar
Flavored powder
Raw sesame seed
Cheese
Ube halaya
What's more convenient is that you don't need any fancy equipment to prepare and cook this crunchy and chewy kakanin.
Watch and learn how to make flavorful Buchi in this video: