Malaysian dessert recipe for cooking Ang Ku ( Festive Nyonya Cakes ) and other asian desserts

Malaysian Dessert Recipe for Cooking Ang Ku ( Festive Nyonya Cakes )

INGREDIENTS

500 gm glutinouse rice flour
60 gm icing sugar
500 ml water
Red colouring
150 ml oil
Mix A: 100 g rice flour and 150 ml boiling water
600 gm peeling grean bean (soaked for 3 hours)
400 gm castor sugar
Banana leves (cut into squares)

This is very festive dish, popular amongst the Chinese who live in Penang.

To prepare:

Steam green beans till soft
Blend till smooth and stir fry with sugar in a dry pan
Leave to cool
Mix glutinous rice flour, icing sugar, water, red coloring together
Add in Mixture A (rice flour and boiling water)
Knead well
Add oil little by little and knead till a smooth dough
Divide dough into 20 gm portion
Wrap the filling in a portion of dough
Press into an 'ang ku' mould
Gently slide it out of the mould and put on a piece of banana leaf (or use baking sheets)
Arrange in a steamer
Use medium heat to steam for 8 mins then serve

TIP: Ang ku moulds can be purchased through your local Asian shop in Chinatown. Look for shops with cooking appliances.

If no banana leaves are available, you can use baking paper instead. Just cut them into squares.

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