Puen Kueh
Not so sure what this is called exactly but we it called "Bi Bao Bi' in hokkien.The outside is made of rice flour and the inside is filled with glutinous rice.Meaning,rice wrapped with rice.It is either pink or white in colour.I have got this recipe long ago,but I wasn't too keen to make .I bought the mould not too long ago.Kept it inside the drawer of my kitchen cabinet for a month.So,tonight I finally decided to make it.Why I finally decided to make it is because of the left over glutinous rice of making Bak Chang the day before.I know,pink is more beautiful but I don't want to eat anything artificial.This is one of the very long time ago local kueh.There are other fillings like salted vegetables(known as kiam chai among the locals)and pounded coarse peanuts.Whatever fillings you put,it is still nice to eat.It is almost similar to another local kueh called "Chai Kueh.
For those who are interested to make,please follow the recipe below:
250g rice flour
150g tapioca flour
450 ml hot water
Filling:
250g glutinous rice(soaked overnight or 6 hours)
50g dried prawns
5 dried muchrooms
1 chicken stock
60g pounded peanuts
1 garlic
1 onion
3tbsp oil
oil
1.Heat up oil in a wok.Fry the onion,garlic and dried prawns till fragrant.
2.Put in the muchrooms.
3.Put the rice in and add chicken stock.Also add some water.Fry until the rice get cookedTake it out and put in a steaming tray.Steam for 30 mins over medium heat.Let cool.
How to make the dough;
1.Mix the rice and tapioca flour together.Pour the hot water in the flour and quickly stir it with a spatula.Mix well to form a dough.
2.Sprinkle some tapioca flour onto a clean table.
3.Take the dough out and knead well.
4.Divide the dough into equal portions.
5.Take one small dough and press it flat into round.
6.First,sprinkle some peanuts on,then put 1 tbsp of rice filling in.wrap it into small balls and press it in the mould to form a peach shape.
7.Knock it out.
8.Pour some oil into a steaming tray and put the now puen kueh in.
9.Steam over rapid heat for 10 minutes.When cooked,put some cooking oil on the kueh so as not to let it stick together.
10.Done.
For those who are interested to make,please follow the recipe below:
250g rice flour
150g tapioca flour
450 ml hot water
Filling:
250g glutinous rice(soaked overnight or 6 hours)
50g dried prawns
5 dried muchrooms
1 chicken stock
60g pounded peanuts
1 garlic
1 onion
3tbsp oil
oil
1.Heat up oil in a wok.Fry the onion,garlic and dried prawns till fragrant.
2.Put in the muchrooms.
3.Put the rice in and add chicken stock.Also add some water.Fry until the rice get cookedTake it out and put in a steaming tray.Steam for 30 mins over medium heat.Let cool.
How to make the dough;
1.Mix the rice and tapioca flour together.Pour the hot water in the flour and quickly stir it with a spatula.Mix well to form a dough.
2.Sprinkle some tapioca flour onto a clean table.
3.Take the dough out and knead well.
4.Divide the dough into equal portions.
5.Take one small dough and press it flat into round.
6.First,sprinkle some peanuts on,then put 1 tbsp of rice filling in.wrap it into small balls and press it in the mould to form a peach shape.
7.Knock it out.
8.Pour some oil into a steaming tray and put the now puen kueh in.
9.Steam over rapid heat for 10 minutes.When cooked,put some cooking oil on the kueh so as not to let it stick together.
10.Done.
