KK, or

kuih ketayap, but then again, KK can also be kuih keria or kuih koci...or...okay, okay...you get my drift, right? in this book, it is called kuih gulung. how come ah?

aneeways, i like the taste of the kuih. the only thing i would change about this recipe is to reduce the amount of sugar in the filling. too dayum sweet!! other than that, it is okay...

don't you be asking about the irregularities in the size of the kuih, okaaay...first timer, but i think i did good...ehem! *file nails* haha!

here's the recipe for you guys to try out:

ingredients:
(a)
2 cups flour
2 cups of pandan leaf juice (blend about 7 pandan leaves)
½ cup coconut milk, or fresh milk
3 tbs cooking oil
1 tsp green food coloring
1 tsp salt

(b) for the filling
1 cup of grated coconut
½ cup of palm sugar
½ cup of caster sugar
½ water

the how to:
the batter for the pancake

1)  add in all ingredients, stir everything and then strain into a big bowl.

2)  heat pan and brush a little bit of oil on top.

3)  pour one ladle full of batter onto the pan and spread the batter evenly.

4)  when the pancake is ready lift and place it on a plate.

5)  spoon in the filling.

6)  fold both sides of the pancake first, and then you can roll the entire pancake, just like making spring rolls.


filling (inti)

1)  in a wok add in (b).

2)  cook with medium heat and stir till everything is well blended and slightly dry. take off heat and let it cool before use.

we had this for tea, although i think there's still some room for improvement, i was generally quite satisfied with the results.

try kay? :-)

recipe source: 1 hari 1 resipi by chef hanieliza.

apamku merekah, merekah

merekah lagi....

i don't know...this is either some kind of a joke...or a curse. the apam curse. miahahahaaha!! behold my fourth apam in two days. i made three yesterday, two of which 'smiled' like that and the last one i made, hopefully, turned out okay. i have yet to ask jules about it.

today is my MIL's birthday and since she can no longer enjoy cakes and other sweet stuff, i thought maybe i should make her an apam pelangi, considering the fact that the last time i made it for her...it did not 'rise' (read: bantat) properly. but, i guess the Almighty has other plans for me, maybe He wants me to seek the silver lining behind this repeated problem. maybe i should be smiling more? yes? i dunno.

maybe i should take a break from apam making. maybe i should concentrate more on other stuff. maybe i should just stop over analysing every single thing and just stop and smell the roses. maybe i should blame the steamer? the fire? the mixture? myself?

or, maybe i should just give up?

latest update:

this happened a few minutes before we left for MIL's. Once done, robot placed the apam on a cooling rack (as per usual) for it to cool down. when the time comes for her to put the apam in the container, somehow the centre of the apam leaked and out came this gooey mess of uncooked apam batter...refer to picture below.

what-the....i dunno, i made them exactly as per the other times i've made them...

i
give
up!

kuih bakar pandan

okay, lemme just tell you guys something, i started out this recipe with really big expectations. mainly because this is one of my favourite kuih melayu and i would, more than anything, love to be able to make them myself.

what happened? well, i followed the recipe exactly, being an individual with a 'condition' (as i like to call it) i usually follow each new recipe exactly and then prolly later on when i want to re-attempt i will then try to make changes should the recipe require so. so, i followed the recipe and it says that i need to bake it for one hour or until done. (yikes! nerds like me, DO NOT like this kind of instructions because it's too dayum subjective, you know? one hour is fine...but until done? that could be like, what? five days? haha!) well, whaddaya know, the recipe decided to mess with my head and after an hour, i took it out and it was still gooey in the middle. okay, nevermind, different oven, different baking time,right? *kata-kata penyedap hati* back into the oven it went, for another ten, then another ten, then another ten. at this time, my roomate was already restless in the background, hovering hovering and hovering. *i could almost hear him saying in his head.... 'is it done yet? is it? is it? huh? huh? huh???'* well, to be fair, it was already close to 6pm and we usually have dinner by 7pm, nak tea mendenya kalau dah dekat maghrib, kan? haha! so, reluctantly, i took the baking tin out of the oven, and carefully (well, he told me to scoop it out and eat them like pudding... MEN!) attempted to take it out of the baking tin. nan ado!

i had a bad experience once about impatient people and my chocolate cake, but that's another topic for another post. so we shall not go there.

back to the kuih...to make this verrryyy looooongggg story short, we managed to get the kuih out of the baking tin (kesiannn ko kuih...melepek je kat atas pinggan), i managed to cut a few slices for my DARLING roomate to eat, with a spoon, like pudding, just how he imagined it to be and then, after that, i managed to put the whole kuih back into the baking tin and put it back into the oven, so that it could sleep in there and enjoy the slowly decreasing heat.

the first thing i checked the next morning was of course my dear, dear kuih bakar and guess what? it has already set. no more gooey texture. kena sabar ke?

in conclusion (waaaah...macam buat report, resipinya tak jugak tulih-tulih lagi ni) i will attempt this kuih again, but i think i need to get another recipe. the sesame seed got burnt and turned really, really dark and i don't think that it should be that way. so...anyone with a kuih bakar pandan recipe? we share? yes?

okay, sekarang ni, apa kata kalau kakak share aje the recipe that i used for this kuih? ready? set? GO!

ingredients
2 cups flour
2 cups thick coconut milk (from 1 coconut - i used instant coconut milk from box)
3 cups juice from blended pandan leaves (around 10 leaves)
3 eggs - grade A
1 cup castor sugar2 tbs melted margarine - i used butter instead
1 tsp salt
½ tsp green food coloring
2 tbs sesame, toasted without oil

the how to:
1) preheat the oven at 180°C for 15 minutes, use top and bottom heat.

2) in a large bowl add in all ingredients, then run them through the strainer to make sure there are no lumps.
3) pour everything into a baking tin that has been lightly oiled (8x8, maybe?) and then scatter the toasted sesame seed.

4) bake for an hour, or till done (err...)

5) once done, leave it to cool and cut and makanlah! hehehe...
good luck guys!!
recipe source: 1 hari 1 resipi

apam pelangi

what better way than to start the new year with my first ever recipe blogpost. yelah, kata pun azam tahun baru ni nak memblog dengan lebih gigihnya, kan? so, here's one of my favorite recipes. sure hit punya kalau buat... (perasan kah?) hehehe... i got this recipe from here and here. one thing good about these two blogs ialah, resipi they all insyaAllah menjadi. so, lo and behold, my version of apam pelangi.

baiklah, apa kata kalau kita berkongsi resipi.

i didn't use the full recipe but instead i halved it. eh, ada ke perkataan 'halved'? lantokler labu.

okay, you will need these items:

ingredients

2 eggs

1 tsp ovalette (better known as the egg stabiliser)

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

150g flour

150g castor sugar

125ml coconut milk (i used low fat milk)

1 teaspoon baking powder

a pinch of salt

food coloring (an excuse to go crazy, perhaps?)

method

1. beat egg, sugar and ovalette together on high speed till thick and fluffy.

2. next, add it the coconut milk and vanilla essence.

3. add in the flour that has been sifted (okay, i must admit, i didn't sift my flour - too much kerja) with the baking powder and salt, into the mixture.

4. divide the batter into three (or more, maybe?) parts and color them with your choice of colors.

5. put a dollop of each color one after another (i used an 8" round baking tin)

6. steam over medium heat for about 30-35 minutes or until done.

luck luck you guys!