Buchi Special with Ube Filling

Buchi is a sesame seed covered pastry made from glutinous rice flour with bean paste filling. Nowadays, It becomes one of favorite Filipino dessert which is an adaptation of Chinese delicacies.

I like to eat Buchi  and used to order it whenever available at particular restaurants. But I started to crave for it when I tasted Hap Chan Restaurant's served Buchi that's so yummy and chewy. They used purple yam as filling instead of lotus cream that makes it different from the others.

Since then, every time we will visit Waltermart Makiling where Hap Chan Restaurant branch is present, we used to dropped by there to order some for take out. I and my youngest daughter, Iya really loves its taste but since the price is quite expensive, we can't order much.

From then, I started to looked for its recipe on my collected recipe books, compilations, online research and asked some friends who also loves to cook. I had so much interest to know how to prepare Buchi to give myself a try! I just had a big big hope then that after trying it, result of my experiment would somehow same as what I used to buy at the restaurants.

Last December 31, 2011 in preparation for New Year's Eve at around 3PM, I started to prepare the needed ingredient to start this recipe. I was really excited then, doing all my best effort to prepare something new for my family.

When everything was done and time to taste, I said to myself "SUCCESS! I made it!" My family likes the food, truly such a delectable treat and worth trying for. It's crispy on the outside while soft and chewy on the inside! Great savings, I was able to prepare much more than my expectation. We enjoyed eating together, shared some with our neighbors and cousins.

As I truly enjoy doing this recipe, hope you feel the same as way in trying this out.

Happy Cooking!

Preparation Time: 45 - 60 minutes
Cooking Time: 3 ~ 5 minutes
Yield: 80 pcs

Ingredients:

Dough

    7 cup glutinous rice flour
    1 big can evaporated milk
   2 cup water
    ¼ cup sugar
   1 cup sesame seeds
    4-5 cup cooking oil

Filling:

    3 - 4 cup cooked ube yam (available at supermarket & groceries)

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, mix well glutinous rice flour, milk, sugar and water until you have a crumbly dough.
2. Scoop about 1-2 Tbsp dough and shape into a ball (depends to your desired size)
3. Press the center of the dough until there’s a hollow spot in the center. Fill the center with around  ½  - 1 Tbsp cooked ube. Seal and shape into a ball again
4. Place the sesame seeds in a bowl then roll the ball-shaped dough over it one by one. Make sure that the seeds stick on the dough.
5. In a pan, over medium heat, deep fry the dough until the color turns light brown (about 3 to 5 minutes) Do not overcooked, it will pop-up where some filling may comes out of the ball
6. When done, remove the cooked buchi from the pan and drain on layers of paper towels.
7. Serve as snack or dessert!

Enjoy eating!