Ang Ku Kuih

This was the Ang Ku Kuih recipe that I tried on last Saturday. As Ang Ku Kuih is normally included in a baby's full moon gift pack, so I was eager to know if I am able to make a batch of my own Ang Ku Kuih as well. The end result was acceptable and except not using an Ang Ku Kuih mould, it did taste like the normal ones from morning market.


Ingredients:

Skin:

• 250 g glutinous rice flour
  
• 120 ml hot water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 130 g of sweet potatoes – steamed and mashed
• few drops of red colour food colouring (optional)
  

Filling:

• 200 g mashed skinned green mung beans (soak beans overnight, then steam and mash them)
• 2 tbsp of cooking oil
  
• 120 - 130 g sugar (depends on your sweetness preference)
  

Additional Ingredient:

• Banana leaves (cut into rounds/squares to fit each kuih. Lightly greased with oil)

Method:

1. Filling: Place the mung beans, sugar and oil into a food processor and blend it into a fine paste. Leave to cool, then divide into small round balls (about 20 g).
2. Skin: Mix all the ingredients for skin using your hands until it forms a soft dough. Add water (a little at a time) if the dough is too dry and crumbles.
3. Divide and roll the skin dough into little balls of 3 cm in diameter (about 30 g).
4. Flatten a ball of dough, place a ball of filling in it, wrap it up and roll into round shape. Place this onto a greased banana leaf. Repeat until all the filling and dough balls are used up.
5. Steam the Ang Ku Kuih for 8-10 minutes and brush with some oil as soon as you remove them from steamer. This helps to prevent the Ang Ku Kuih from sticking to one another.


Adapted from:

http://breadetbutter.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/counting-down-to-the-year-of-the-tiger/

Alternative Recipe:

http://mykitch3n.blogspot.com/2007/09/ang-ku-kueh.html