Some few weeks ago I posted about REDUCED BAKING SODA as a replacement for lye water or lihiya in making kutsinta by baking the baking soda with correct procedure, but not all have oven to do it and they send me emails if there is another solution, so I started to think about it and came up with this.
Now I will share the replacement of lye water or lihiya in cooking pichi pichi, it is very simple to do it. I will call this BAKING SODA SOLUTION, here is the recipe for it.
In every 1 teaspoon of baking soda we put 4 cups of water and allow it to boil over high heat for 5 minutes.
Make sure it will not overflow, so do not leave it unattended.
Allow to cool and keep in a safe place. This is now ready to be used for pichi pichi, kutsinta and any food that needs lye water or lihiya in cooking.
To use this for recipes remove the lye and replace the water with this.
Kutsinta recipe with baking soda solution
I will try this, hope it won't have a slight bitter taste to it just like the lihiya if you accidentally use more than what the recipe is asking for.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by, just follow the exact measurement and it wont be bitter.
ReplyDeleteyou can try this recipe
http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/kutsinta-without-lya-water-part-2.html
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ReplyDeleteCan this be used also as a substitute for lye water in suman sa lihiya? The recipe calls for 1 tsp of lye water. How much baking soda solution should i use?
ReplyDeletejust use 1 cup of baking soda solution and use just 1 cup of PURE coconut milk instead of 2 cups in my recipe.
DeleteHello miss mely. I'm from Australia n lye water is now ban here. Thanks for this baking soda solution. My question is how many top or cups should I use to replace lye in making kutsinta. Thanks heaps
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Just follow the measurement of the cups of water needed in the recipe that you are going to try.
ReplyDeleteExample, if it needs 2 cups of water then use 2 cups of baking soda solution.
Hi can I use baking soda solution in making sumang yakap?
ReplyDeleteHi just want to ask if 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 4 cups of water then I will only use a tsp in making kutsinta can I keep the remaining water with baking soda in the fridge for future use or can I keep it in room temperature? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteyes you can keep it in the refrigerator for future use, use this as a water for your kutsinta recipe.
ReplyDeleteYummy like your cooking. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi, ate ginawa ko poh yan kya lng poh bkit yung kulay is kulay tubig p rin... I'll make 1teaspoon in 4 cups of water....
ReplyDeletebaka kupas ang baking soda mo or kung di man baka ganun lang talaga, subukan mong gaitin kung may bisa sya o wala. kung may bisa magiging sucessful ang gagawin mong kakanin.
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ReplyDeletePaano po aalisin ung lye sa water
ReplyDelete1 tablespoon lang po ba ng baking soda solution ang ilalagay sa kutsinta every cook?
ReplyDeleteIn the pichi pichi recipe I follow, it requires 1tsp of lye water. How much baking soda solution should I use as a substitute?
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ReplyDeletecan i use this for ramen noodles
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