Special Crispy Opia

So crispy and so crunchy, have you ever thought that a kind of our favorite hopia would be like this. This why many people—in local and even abroad – are so crazy to have this Special Krispy Hopia.

Actually, this krispy snack food made from the Ilocano “bellaay” or powdered rice have been here and cooked by the old folks long time ago particularly in Pandayan, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. Not until Engr. Arlene Singson ventured and made this available for the people longing for the taste of the rice crispy snack.

Jenny Priala, one of the cook of Lemar’s Food Product said the main ingredient is made from the bellaay combining the regular rice and the glutinous rice. Added with the sesame seed and a little bit of sugar, the crispy Krispy become a favorite.

special crispy opia

To make it available, they brought it in every Trade Fair and Exhibits. And while it is sold locally through this fairs and exhibits, the product has also gone internationally through residents of the province who have been known to the product and brought it abroad.

So, how they make this crisp rice krispy?

Procedure

1.      Soak the regular rice and the glutinous rice with water for two to three hours.

2.      Drain the water and then sun dried the rice for two hours.

3.      Then grind it into bellaay.

4.      Then sun dried it again.

5.      Then mixed the ingredients then mashed them together then pressed very thinly.

6.      Then dried again.

7.      Finally, apply with oil and then baked in the oven.

Locally it is being sold at P25 per plastic packed. The per box type which consist of two packs cost P60.

Next time you are looking for crispy and crunchy snack food, don’t resort with junk foods, go with the healthier and tastier rice snack delicacy. Try the Krispy Opia of Lemar’s.