Puto is a steamed Filipino rice cake, light and slightly sweet, often studded with cheese or salted egg. Regional versions vary: puto bumbong is purple glutinous rice steamed in bamboo tubes for Christmas, while puto maya is sticky rice paired with tsokolate during Holy Week.
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