Malaysia

Kuih Lapis

Name: Kuih Lapis
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12 pieces
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 150 g Rice flour; 100 g Tapioca flour; 400 ml Coconut milk; 150 g Sugar; some of each Pandan & food colouring; 1 pinch Salt

Steamed nine-layer rice cake

Kuih lapis is a colourful, steamed layer cake of rice and tapioca flour, popular in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The individual layers are steamed one after another; the finished kuih is peeled off and eaten layer by layer.

Servings12 pieces

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice flour150 g
Tapioca flour100 g
Coconut milk400 ml
Sugar150 g
Pandan & food colouringsome of each
Salt1 pinch

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Whisk flours, coconut milk and sugar into a smooth batter.
Divide the batter and colour it in two shades.
Pour a thin layer into the tin and steam.
Add layer after layer alternately and steam.
Let cool completely and cut into pieces.

Make it original

Tapioca flour and pandan for kuih lapis are in the Asia Boutique.

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