Bibingka - Blueberry Muffin
You may wonder why I called this muffin bibingka - blueberry. First and for most bibingka is a Filipino word, it's a type of rice cake and traditionally eaten during Christmas season. This is one of my favorite delicacies in the Philippines. In traditional cooking method we use coal and banana leaves, a lot of preparation in cooking original bibingka. I'm very thankful that Filipino abroad can buy this bibingka rice mix in any International store and can be also done using oven or oven toaster with or without banana leaves. My sister-in-law went to Farmers Market in Atlanta, actually it's an International store where they found small shops inside the big market like, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Eastern Europe and more. She was searching for Asian store for over five months online to find the bibingka rice mix. How do they like it? One of my friend from Indiana sent me a box of bibingka and other Filipino goods when I was pregnant. When I cooked bibingka it was a good timing that they were visiting us home and they tried some and they like it! For them, when they like something they love to have it again. They purchased more boxes this time to enjoy more the taste of Filipino favorites. This is the box of bibingka rice mix looks like.
A week before that I harvested blueberry in our backyard and planning to bake blueberry pie but my husband said he really don't like blueberry pie and why don't try blueberry muffin. He was the one who gave me an idea about bibingka - blueberry muffin. Yes, it works! They're good, served with homemade sweet tea with lime. What a refreshing snacks! For those who are interested going to Farmers market check this link http://www.aofwc.com and for those near the area here's the right address: Buford Highway Farmers Market, 5600 Buford Highway NE, Doraville, GA 30340.
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