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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Kuih Sago( Steamed Tapioca Pearls Cakes) 椰丝西米糕 - Featured in Group Recipes


Wanna a slice of gluten free sweet and chewy Nyonya kuih?

This is another blissfully easy and delicious Nyonya kuih recipe, Kuih Sago. Sago, also known as Tapioca Pearls, is made of tapioca. Tapioca Pearls is one of the common South East Asian dessert ingredients, widely used in Malay, Nyonya and Thai desserts.

This recipe was verbally taught by a Malaysian cashier whom I met at my regular Asian grocery store. It happened that one day she showed me the kuih which she made for her colleague as birthday treat and asked me what the proper name was for the kuih in Malaysia which she couldn't recall. I was of no help to her as I had no idea what the name for that kuih was. But since she said the main ingredient was sago, I guessed it must be Kuih Sago. She mentioned that the kuih was super easy to make, just "mix and steam", so it prompted me to give it a trial.

I made this last Saturday and brought over as dessert to our regular Penang families dinner gathering. I used green Pandan flavor sago. Alternatively you can use white sago added with some coloring.


These snowballs like of luscious gluten free kuih , can be a unique Christmas dessert recipe too.
Kuih Sago 椰丝西米糕 - Featured in Group Recipes 21/12/2010

KUIH SAGO ( STEAMED TAPIOCA PEARLS CAKES)

INGREDIENTS:
300g Sago/Tapioca Pearls ( I'm using green color sago)
150g Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence
1tbsp corn flour
½ tsp Salt
150g finely grated coconut (or desiccated coconut)

METHOD:
  1. Soak sago in cold water for 60 minutes; wash a few times to get rid of the starch and drain.
  2. Mix in sugar, corn flour and add in 1tsp of Vanilla essence, stir to blend well.
  3. Pour the sago mixture into a steaming tray, steam until cooked (the sago turns transparent in appearance), about 30 minutes.
  4. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool down.
  5. Cut into bite size cube and coat with grated or desiccated coconut and serve.
Tips:
If dried desiccated coconut is used, best to soften the coconut before use.
Pour out sufficient amount of desiccated coconut in a plate, add in ½ tsp salt and sprinkle some water onto it and microwave heat or steam to soften the coconut.


椰丝西米糕

材料
300

西米/沙谷米(我使用绿色西谷米)
150
克糖
1
汤匙粟粉


1茶匙香草精
半茶匙盐
150
克新鲜椰丝或干椰丝

方法:
1
。将沙谷米浸泡冷水60分钟,泡洗几次将淀粉洗清沥干。
2
。加入粟粉,糖, 1茶匙的香草精搅拌拌匀。
3
。将西米混合物倒入一个蒸盘,蒸约30分钟至熟(西米变成透明)。
4
。取出冷却后切片,拌上椰丝就可以吃了!

提示
如果使用干椰丝要先软化椰丝。把适量椰丝倒入盘中,加入半茶匙盐,洒一些水用微波炉或蒸。待软化后,才拌入西谷米糕。





10 comments:

  1. Love the creativity on your blog, I'm excited to potentially try to recreate some of your recipes!
    PS-so jealous you're living in New Zealand!!!!

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  2. So much variety in your blog! I love the originality of your recipes!

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  3. I love these little treats...nice photos :-)

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  5. This recipe looks cool an yummy but it doesn't specify what size of sago/tapioca to use. I'm assuming the small size.

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    1. Hi there:
      Thanks for checking out my food blog.
      Yes, I used small size sago for this recipe.

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  6. Also what is a 'steaming pan', I'd really love to make these.

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    1. Steaming pay or tray, basically refer to any heat conductive tray or bowl you can use for steaming purposes. You can use metal,stainless steel, enamel bowl or tray. Else you can use your baking tray too.
      Hope you have a successful try out.

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  7. thank you so much! I'll try it once I get the sago!

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