Make What Brings You Joy
May 27, 2020 - Kuih Muih Box
Hot! Hot! Hot! While many of us welcomed summer with Memorial day, Sunday was Hari Raya Aidil Fitril (or Eid al-Fitri), a celebration that marks the end of fasting Ramadan month.
Growing up in a Muslim majority Malaysia, we celebrate Raya by visiting our Muslim friends who host open house with special Raya dishes. The tradition continues in the Bay Area but sadly this year's invites have been suspended (no surprise there, thanks to the pandemic.).
I must admit, I miss it; the kinship and closeness amongst friends and family bonding over yummy food. So I decided to make what brings me joy. I made an ambitious list of Raya dishes and cooked up a strom I did. And I am not finished yet as I wanted to share the best parts with you: bite-sized snack or dessert called kuih. I'm excited to offer the following gluten free treats:
- Kuih Lapis - layer steamed 'cake', nine soft and springy layers that you can peel, infused with coconut and natural blue pea flower coloring
- Bingka - fragrant baked cassava or tapioca cake, a little crusty on the top, slightly chewy and moist in the center with a sweet coconut scent
- Pulut Panggang - grilled glutinous rice filled with serunding (a traditional Raya spicy meat floss), smokey aroma from banana leaves wrapping
Wishing all my Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya!
INGREDIENTS
Kuih Lapis – tapioca, rice and mung bean flour, coconut milk, sugar, butterfly pea flower
Bingka – coconut, palm sugar, eggs, butter
Pulut Panggang - glutinous rice, coconut, beef, chilies, shallots, garlic, lemon grass, galangal, ginger, shrimp paste, coriander, cumin, tamarind
