I had tried the 三层糕previously, and it was quite a good attempt. The kueh was really tasty.
Nat loves it as well and she had asked me to make the 九层糕.
I decided to take up this challenge:-p
It was rather easy to make these九层糕, no fuss at all, but it's just that I have to divide the batter into 9 portions.
I have half the amount of the recipe, and used a rectangular tin inside of a 11"x11" square tin as recommended.
If you might have noticed..., my九层糕is actually 8 colors instead of 9 colors...
A couple of reasons actually:
1. I have half the recipe.
2. I had use a slight bigger rectangular tin, thus my portion wasn't enough.
3. I had lost count of my colors... :-p
And also, I had left out orange color, plus I couldn't get the RED RED color as those 九层糕 that was been sold outside... So that why my top layer was orange, instead of RED....
I thought I had everything controlled, dividing the portion into 9 portions... But I was so wrong.... And also I had also forgot the colors I had already poured in...
Blur Blur Blur me.... hehehehehe....
It was almost the same as the 三层糕,but just that the layers can be peeled off:-D
Here is the recipe:
600g fine sugar (I used 500g)
1 litre coconut milk
1 litre water
1 tsp sea-salt
few pieces of pandan leaves
350g rice flour
350g tapioca flour
Method:
1. Mix fine sugar, coconut milk, water, salt, pandan leaves and bring to boil at low heat till sugar dissolved. Discard the pandan leaves, turn off the flame & allow to cool slightly.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the rice flour & tapioca flour. Then add the coconut milk mixture, whisk slightly till well blended.
3. Divide batter into 9 portions. Ready to steam layer by layer, by adding in desired colors into each layer such as white, green, yellow, pink, blue, orange, with the final top layer red.
I will be submitting this to : Aspiring Bakers #12: Traditional Kueh (October 2011) hosted by SSB of Small Small Baker
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