Ang Ku Kueh!

Ang Ku Kueh is a small red round oval shaped Chinese cake with soft sticky skin wrapped with sweet filling in the center.The oval shaped of the cake is designed to resemble tortoise or turtle.It's literally translate to Hokkien as Red Tortoise or Turtle Cake. It's creates a high symbolic and ritual value. Usually Chinese used Ang Ku Kueh for ritual offering during religious event,child birth and birthday. Well,to be more specific Ang Ku Kueh is a steamed glutinous rice flour cake mix with mashed sweet potato and fill with mung bean paste filling,red bean paste or crushed roasted peanut filling which original from Malaysia by Chinese and Nyonya.

Hennie's comment: It's something that i've never tried before! And even though it is sticky, but i do love the taste of the filling! 


Priced at $0.90 per piece.
Never seen anything like it? Head down to Bengawan Solo now!!!! 
Do drop by the website to find out the branches: http://www.bengawansolo.com.sg/Default.aspx

You can always try doing it yourself!


RECIPE
ANG KU KUEH (14 pieces)
10.5 oz (300 g) glutinous rice flour
2 Tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp red coloring
7 fl oz (200 ml) water
Pinch of salt

COOKING METHOD FOR SKIN:
Mix the glutinous rice with all the ingredients above and knead until it is not sticky and pliable. Set aside for wrapping
Mung Bean paste filling
10.5 oz (300 g) mung beans
7 oz (200 g) sugar
5 fl oz (150 ml) water
Banana leaves
Oil for brushing

COOKING METHOD FOR FILLING:
1. Soak the beans overnight
2. Discard the soaking water and steam the beans for about 30 minutes and then pour into the blender and blend them until you get a smooth paste. Set aside
3. Prepare a sauce pan and boil the sugar in water. Lower the heat and add in the bean paste and continue to stir until it is dry and pasty. Set it aside to let it cool before wrapping
WRAPPING:
1. Divide the dough into 14 equal balls. Flatten them with the palm of your hand or rolling pin. Spoon about 1 Tbsp of the filling and bring all edge together and form them into balls again
2. Place the dough ball into the greased mould. Slightly pressed it down and you will get the imprint on the ang ku kueh

Other Place that you can get it!

JI XIANG Confectionary Address: Blk 1 Everton Park, #01-33 Singapore
Tel: +65 6223 1631