Comments on: Puso / Rice in a Coconut Leaf Pouch

by: celso Macachor

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:49:11 +0000

I live in Los Angeles, CA. Anybody knows where I can get cconut leaves so I can make my own “puso”?
Thanks.

by: liezel

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:20:26 +0000

nice. magpapadeliver kami dito ng puso sa manila. empty coconut pouch ng puso only. txt or call 09104243078/09064307289

by: joselle

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:42:47 +0000

I love puso! Thank you to the ingenious Pinoy who thought of it first!

by: Fanny-Min Becker

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:53:15 +0000

Thank you so much for this wonderful article. Very heart-warming indeed.

Hit upon this in a desperate process of looking for plastic stand-up pouches with a zip for my suppliers in PH. What an uplifting surprise!

Not the first time looking in. Not the first time enjoying what is written either. But about time to send over a note of appreciation and gratitude.

Vielen Dank!

Fanny-MIn:)

by: Ed

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:21:19 +0000

The Indonesian versions are called (ke)tipat and (ke)tupat, and like Cebuano puso, these are usually made with regular rice. When I was in Bali, I had one made out of the native Balinese red rice (gaga) which was really good - it’s just that being unused to eating rice this way, I was only able to eat 1-1/2 packets. My Balinese friends who were with me at the time teased me jokingly by saying “don’t tell us you’re starting your diet NOW”, especially since they knew that I was capable of eating a lot of food… Ah, good memories.

They are also essential elements for a cleansing offering dedicated to the malevolent ground spirits once every fifteen days, on a day in the Balinese calendar called Kajeng Kliwon. This particular day is known as a time when these spirits become more ornery than usual, so the offerings have to be “upgraded”, so to speak.