Malaysia

Ang Ku Kueh

Name: Ang Ku Kueh
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10 pieces
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 250 g Glutinous rice flour; 150 g Peeled mung beans; 100 g Sugar; a little Red food colouring; several Banana leaves; some Oil

Red tortoise cakes with mung bean

Ang ku kueh are red, tortoise-shaped glutinous rice cakes of Peranakan culture in Malaysia and Singapore.

The tortoise shape and red colour symbolise luck and long life at festivities and birthdays.

Servings10 pieces

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour250 g
Peeled mung beans150 g
Sugar100 g
Red food colouringa little
Banana leavesseveral
Oilsome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook the mung beans and work with sugar into a paste.
Knead rice flour with water and colouring into a red dough.
Flatten the dough and fill with bean paste.
Press into an oiled tortoise mould.
Steam on banana leaves for about 10 minutes.

Make it original

Glutinous rice flour and mung beans are in the Asia Boutique.

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