We love our Malay ‘kuih’!
‘Kuih’ is a Malay word to describe bite-sized snacks: cakes, biscuits, bread and porridge. ‘Kuih’ is used generically to mean Malay desserts. Other words describing ‘kuih’ are ‘penganan’ and ‘kudapan’.
This blog site contains recipes of 120 Malay ‘kuih’. They are arranged alphabetically (from A to W, there is no Z kuih). This blog is an accompaniment of our book, ‘Kuih: From Apam to Wajik, a Pictorial Guide to Malay Desserts’.
Ingredients: Keledek or sweet potatoes 2 kg Coconut milk 2500 ml Eggs 9 Sugar 700 g Ghee 4 tbsp Pandan leaves 2 Salt to taste Yellow colouring a few drops How to make: Wash sweet potatoes and skin them. Cut sweet potatoes into small dices and boil until tender. Throw away water and mash…
Ingredients: Mung/Green bean flour 500 g Very fine sugar 500 g Water a little to moisten the flour How to make: Mix flour and sugar. Sprinkle a little water into the flour and mix well. Too much water will harden the dough. Put dough aside for 30 minutes. Press dough into ‘putu kacang’ mould. Tap…
Ingredients: Coconut filling Grated coconut 150 g Gula melaka 100 g Brown sugar 2 tbsp Water 100 ml Pandan leaf 2 (knotted) Glutinous rice Glutinous rice 400 g Salt 1/2 tsp Coconut milk 200 ml Pandan leaf 2 (knotted) For Wrapping Banana leaves: 12 pieces of 14 cm x 16 cm How to…
Ingredients: A Brown sugar 1 cup Granulated sugar ½ cup Water 2 cups Pandan leaves 2 (boil and drain water) B Mauripan yeast 1 tablespoon Warm water ¼ cup Granulated sugar 1 teaspoon C Wheat flour 3 cups Corn flour ½ cup Water 1 cup Garnishing Add a pinch of salt into grated white coconut…
Ingredients: Plain flour 5 cups Egg 1 Butter 50 g Fennel seeds powder 1 tsp Cumin seeds powder 1 tsp Dried shrimp powder 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Chilli powder 3 tbsp Spring onion Thinly sliced Coconut milk As needed to kneed How to make: Mix all the ingredients except coconut milk. Kneed the…
Ingredients: Wheat flour 240 g Corn flour 100 g Custard powder 200 g Icing sugar 120 g Unsalted butter 300 g Egg yolk 2 Condensed milk 4 tbsp Vanilla essence 1 tsp Cherry cubes How to make: Mix butter and icing sugar in a bowl. Beat until creamy. Add egg yolks, vanilla essence and…
Ingredients: Tapioca 600 g (peeled and cut into 4 cm chunks) Granulated sugar 120 g Gula melaka 60 g Dark (soft) brown sugar 80 g Coconut milk 400 ml (from 400 g grated coconut and sufficient water) Salt ¼ tsp How to make: Put tapioca in a pan and cover with water. Boil and simmer…
Ingredients: Sago Sago 1 ½ cups Sugar 2 cups Water 3 to 4 cups Pandan leaves knotted Coconut milk Green (or red) colouring Coconut milk sauce Coconut milk (KARA brand) 1 box Evaporated milk 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Pandanus knotted Water 1 ½ cups How to make: Sago: Soak sago for 1 hour before…
Our Malay Kuih 