Recipe: Delicious Maja Blanca

Maja Blanca. Maja blanca is a Filipino favorite kakanin (dessert or snack.) This dish is sweet, delicate, soft, and creamy. Maja Blanca is a Filipino dessert made from coconut milk, cornstarch, and sugar. Often called Coconut Pudding, this luscious dessert is easy to make and the ingredients are very common.

Maja Blanca is but one of the many Filipino desserts made from the mixture of sugar, cornstarch and coconut milk. It is often referred to as the coconut pudding, which is a tasty dessert - easy to make and accessible ingredients. It's a more straightforward version of our classic Filipino coconut pudding, with fewer ingredients and easier steps than the maja blanca espesyal and maja de ube I also have on the blog. You can have Maja Blanca using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Maja Blanca

1. You need of cornstarch.
2. You need of coconut milk.
3. Prepare of white sugar.
4. Prepare of corn kernel (370 ml).
5. You need of evaporated milk (370 ml).
6. You need of raisins.
7. Prepare of coconut flakes.

While the latter two include evaporated milk and condensed milk, the pudding base for this simple maja blanca is a basic. Maja Blanca is a very easy Filipino dessert dish. It is also known as "Coconut Pudding" and is made with coconut milk, corn starch and sugar. The first Maja Blanca did not include corn and milk, but these were added later to improve flavor and texture.

Maja Blanca instructions

1. Using medium heat,pour in the coconut milk,sugar and the corn kernel in a pan.Stir gently until sugar is melted. In a bowl,mix cornstarch and evaporated milk,stirring continuously until all the lumps disappear and only a smooth mixture is left.Occasionally stir the cornstarch mix while you wait for the coconut milk to boil gently to prevent the cornstarch from settling..
2. Gradually add the cornstarch mix and raisins into the coconut milk,stirring continuously to incorporate the new mixture.Once done,start stirring the maja blanca quickly.This action helps develop the gluten in the cornstarch and cause it to thicken.Look for a consistency that is thick but not lumpy..
3. Once the maja blanca is done,pour the mixture into a greased rectangular pan and allow to cool to set it..
4. Sprinkle the top with coconut flakes or latik and cut into squares or triangles before serving..

Commonly served at Fiestas, holidays and special occasions. It a coconut pudding that is basically a combination of coconut milk, milk, cornstarch, and sweetener. What I like best about it is the texture; soft and light. One of the first recipes I posted here on Kawaling Pinoy is a simple version of maja blanca made of coconut milk, cornstarch, sugar, and toasted coconut. Although it's creamy and delicious and has satisfied my sweet cravings on many a night, I have to say it pales next to this maja blanca espesyal which has an added creaminess from condensed and evaporated milk.