latik
latík with stress marks
scum/residue of boiled coconut milk
Usage Note
Latik is a by-product of rendering coconut milk into coconut oil; the toasted brown curds are used as a topping for kakanin (rice cakes) such as biko and puto. It is a distinctly Filipino culinary term with no direct Western equivalent.
Examples
" Maraming latik sa biko. "
Natural Translation
There is a lot of latik on the biko.
Literal Translation
Much coconut-curds on biko.
" Masarap ang latik sa kakanin. "
Natural Translation
The coconut residue on the rice cake is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the coconut residue on rice cake.
" Bago niya ihain ang biko, binudburan muna niya ito ng makapal na latik na kanyang ginawa mula sa gata. "
Natural Translation
Before serving the biko, she first sprinkled it with thick latik that she made from coconut milk.
Literal Translation
Before she to-serve the biko, sprinkled first she it with thick coconut-curds that she made from coconut-milk.
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