Being of Filipino descent I stumbled upon this picture of Puto Bong-Bong. I had recently attended a Filipino party and someone had made this wonderful desert so it was too coincidental that this picture showed up on FB that I had to blog about it. This desert is primarily made around Christmas time and is made from sticky rice that is ground and steamed. It gets it's purple color from a native yam called Ube. The Puto is then sprinkled with sugar and served with grated coconut. Here is a link from Kerlynb-Hubpages who has a simplified recipe if you are adventurous enough : http://kerlynb.hubpages.com/hub/Puto-Bumbong-Recipe-Made-Easy-How-to-Cook-This-Purple-Filipino-Christmas-Rice-Cake-without-a-Steamer
