Among Filipinos, this dish is well-liked. It can be offered in a variety of presentations. Typically, when served in the Philippines, it will include little sweet corn kernels inside and flakes of roasted coconut meat on top. On top of it is frequently shredded Cheddar cheese.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 cup coconut milk
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup fresh sweet corn kernels
- ¼ cup sweetened flaked coconut
Instructions
- Butter an 8-inch baking dish or pie pan, and set aside. Mix 1/2 cup of water with the cornstarch in a bowl, and stir until smooth.
- Combine the coconut milk, 3/4 cup of water, and sugar in a saucepan over low heat, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the corn kernels, and then stir in the cornstarch mixture, stirring quickly to avoid lumps as it becomes very thick. Bring the mixture back to a boil, and simmer until fully thickened and smooth, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Pour the maja blanca into the prepared dish, and set aside to cool until firm, about 2 hours.
- Place the coconut flakes in a dry skillet over medium heat, and stir to toast. Watch them carefully so they don’t burn. Remove the toasted coconut flakes to a bowl, let cool, and sprinkle over the pudding before serving.
Reviews
This was a pasty, gummy mess that I was embarrassed to serve to my guests.
Wow, this made me feel like Im home in Manila. I didnt have cornstarch, so I used the same amount of flour. I also followed some of the advise I’ve seen here and substituted condensed milk instead of the sugar. It turned out really good!
I just made this and loved it. I used coconut milk instead of water. I will definetly do this again.
I’ve made this twice this week! However, I didn’t add corn. I put crushed hazelnuts the first time, and today I put crushed macadamia nuts! It’s sooooooo good, just like at a Filipino bake shop I used to go to! If I ever see a bake sale sign-up sheet, I’m doing this! Not enough people know the joy of our snacks!
omg! this brought back memories from home! my canadian friends luuurrvvveeeddd it! xoxo
Maja Blanca was okay. This pudding had a very lite flavor to it, however, I did not care for flavor and did not like the way the texture came out. I felt pudding taste a lot better warm than chilled. Not something I would look forward to preparing in the future.
I made this recipe twice already. The first time I did it exactly the way it is posted. I can honestly say it was good. Now, the second time I made it I didn’t add the corn. I added little pieces of pineapples and cherries. When I say it was delicious it was amazing. I made one for work and everyone was asking for the recipe. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Made this today let me tell that this recipe is soooo easy and came out perfect!!! Thanks for sharing
I have tasted a lot of maja blanca before (it was one of my favorite sweets!), but this recipe was one of the best. I did change a little for measurements and ingredients. Instead of using 1/2 cup of water (this makes the maja blanca too firm) for cornstarch mixture, I used milk instead. Same thing with the 3/4 cup of water, I used coconut milk on it, so its 1 3/4 cup of coconut milk all in all for boiling. Try this recipe and its really good!!!
Nice recipe. I made this as a double recipe for a large group. Did read the reviews and made some changes. I used milk instead of water and cutback 25% on the sugar (1/4c on a bubble recipe) At the party I presented this at was a man from the Philippines, and he said this was just about what his mother made back home. Nice compliment! He also said that quite often his mom would add a little coarse sugar to the top. He also like the creamier texture from using milk rather than the water. Next time I will use the full amount of the sugar as I felt that for a dessert it just needed a little more. Also I would use a bit more coconut on top and add some coconut extract to the mixture. Very quick and easy dessert to make. One other thing I would like to try with this recipe, leave out the corn and coconut topping and add some raspberries with a raspberry puree drizzled on top! Yummy sounding??!!
Very good recipe, it is sweet so adjust the quantity of sugar accordingly.
I can’t believe how simple this was and how wonderfully if tasted. Decided to double this recipe at the last minute and was very glad I did. Everyone loved it and it was devoured! Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe!
This turned out rather well, following the recipe as is.
i tried many maja before this but didnt turn out well…. this one for me is better and taste almost near to the traditional maja i like.. thanks for the easy recipe and for sharing…
One of my favorite, but dont know the receipe. Thanks…
I have never made maja blanca before and have no idea what the basic ingredients are except for coconut milk. So when I first saw this ingredient, I tried it out and it tasted so good – except it was not creamy enough for my taste. I know for a fact that substituting milk for a dessert yields to a creamier dessert so I used these substitutions from the base ingredients: 3/4 cup milk instead of water, 1/2 cup condensed milk instead of sugar, 1/2 cup of coconut milk to dissolve the cornstarch instead of water. I also used fresh adult coconuts, or niyog. Milked it first with 1 cup of tepid water for every 2 cups of coconut meat to make the “latik” and then 1 cup tepid water for every cup of coconut meat for the base of the maja blanca. It came out creamy but not overpowerly sweet. Added freshly grated meat of young coconuts and corn kernels to break the milky taste. INCREDIBLY GOOD!
This is my all time favorite filipino dessert. Finally, Im able to make it. The other viewer thought it was too firm, but I thought it was perfect. Didn’t know it was so simple to make.
While it was very tasty, the overall texture of the pudding was too firm for my taste; next time I would put in more coconut milk and less cornstarch. On the plus side, it was very quick and easy to make!
This is the exact recipe of what i remember maja blanca to be. Very easy to make, with simple ingredients, and delicious!