Thursday, December 3, 2020

Old School Corn Grinder

Corn Grinder 

Buli - Corypha elata ( Philippine plant )

 December 3, 2020 

Wednesday 

Buri palm  ( Buli Palm) Corypha elata 

Corypha microcladia


( in badian cebu, philippines, we called it buli)

the picture of buri palm - Buri Palm Picture

The starch that was extracted from the body of the palm was soaked in water and the starch is called landang. We use to make budbud, a delicacy when I was in elementary school. We call them "budbud nga buli" 

I think bud bud is also called suman. There are many varieties of it, and one of the them is suman with buli. Some are made using sticky rice, wrap in banana leaves. 

When I was a kid, we own a big mortal and pestle. It was long about 6 ft carved out log where we put the buri and a wooden pestle to ground the buri to obtain landang. Landang was a type of starch which we use to make suman. 

Budbud buli is delecious snacks. its like sticky rice but have gelatinous texture to it.