Rellenong
Mais- A Memory of Childhood Revisited.
"In my Mother’s
ripe age of 86, she has started craving for the foods she used to eat when she
was young. I wonder if she still remembers this snack sold around merienda time
by ladies carrying bilaos with sweet goodies in them. This one is called
Dilyeno or Relyenong mais. Does anybody still cook this? I tried to make this
snack from the memory tucked away in the back of my tastebuds."
Ingredients:
- 3 fresh corn--scrapped from the cob including the milky
part
- 1 large onion chopped finely
- 1 cup chopped scallions (onion greens)
- 1 head garlic minced
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 1 tbsp patis
- 2 whole eggs + 2 egg whites
- 1 table spoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 to 1 cup milk (enough to make a thick batter
consistency)
- salt to taste.
Directions:
1.
Mix all ingredients
together and let rest for 15 minutes.
2.
Fry by spoonful’s in hot
skillet( adjust amount to desired size) until golden.
3.
Best eaten with
calamansi/ soy sauce/ garlic dipping sauce.
4.
Measurements are based
on the amount I cooked tonight. Adjust to your own taste.
Source: RUTH PARULAN TUVILLA