I feel quite bored during this holiday and I have wasted a lot time. This afternoon suddenly I craved for 'Ang Ku Kueh', however, most of the stalls which sell this type of dessert had already closed. The sense of desire to eat this sweet was so strong. I couldn't control myself! So, I tried to dig ingredients to make this dessert/sweet. Luckily, I found them!
I think some of you might not know what is 'Ang Ku Kueh'. It is a type of Malaysian Chinese or 'Baba Nyonya's dessert. It's in oval shape and looks like turtle or tortoise's shell and normally in red. Therefore, its name is 'Ang Ku Kueh' which 'Ang' means red, 'Ku' means turtle or tortoise and 'kueh' means dessert. The outer layer is made from sweet potato and glutinous rice flour, while, the filling can be mung bean paste, red bean paste, roasted peanut or yam paste.It also symbolises longevity. Therefore, you can find it at some Chinese event such as birthday and child birth. It you want to know more about it or would like to see more pictures, then try to google it!
So, how do you make it? Very easy! I just followed the recipe. Below are the ingredients and methods. Based on this ingredients, you can make about 20 'Ang Ku Kuehs'.
Ingredients:
Outer layer/skin:
-250g glutinous rice flour
-200g sweet potato (orange)
-100ml hot water
-5 tbsp cooking oil
Filling:
-200g mung beans (soak 2 hours)
-120g sugar
-4 tbsp cooking oil
Methods:
Outer layer/skin:
-steam sweet potato and mash it
-blend sweet potato with glutinous rice flour
-add oil and water slowly until it becomes dough
-cover it and leave for 1 hour
-make it into small ball which about 20g each
Filling:
-soak mung beans for 2 hours and steam it for 20 minutes
-use blender to mix with sugar and oil
-shape into small ball
Final
-flatten outer layer, 'small ball' and put filling in the center, gather skin over to cover filling and seal.
-Put it over mould and shape it
-steam for 10 minutes
I think some of you might not know what is 'Ang Ku Kueh'. It is a type of Malaysian Chinese or 'Baba Nyonya's dessert. It's in oval shape and looks like turtle or tortoise's shell and normally in red. Therefore, its name is 'Ang Ku Kueh' which 'Ang' means red, 'Ku' means turtle or tortoise and 'kueh' means dessert. The outer layer is made from sweet potato and glutinous rice flour, while, the filling can be mung bean paste, red bean paste, roasted peanut or yam paste.It also symbolises longevity. Therefore, you can find it at some Chinese event such as birthday and child birth. It you want to know more about it or would like to see more pictures, then try to google it!
So, how do you make it? Very easy! I just followed the recipe. Below are the ingredients and methods. Based on this ingredients, you can make about 20 'Ang Ku Kuehs'.
Ingredients:
Outer layer/skin:
-250g glutinous rice flour
-200g sweet potato (orange)
-100ml hot water
-5 tbsp cooking oil
Filling:
-200g mung beans (soak 2 hours)
-120g sugar
-4 tbsp cooking oil
Methods:
Outer layer/skin:
-steam sweet potato and mash it
-blend sweet potato with glutinous rice flour
-add oil and water slowly until it becomes dough
-cover it and leave for 1 hour
-make it into small ball which about 20g each
Filling:
-soak mung beans for 2 hours and steam it for 20 minutes
-use blender to mix with sugar and oil
-shape into small ball
Final
-flatten outer layer, 'small ball' and put filling in the center, gather skin over to cover filling and seal.
-Put it over mould and shape it
-steam for 10 minutes
I know, it's a bit different form traditional 'Ang Ku Kueh' because it's healthy-I didn't add any colouring which normally add with red colouring!
Since, I'm a graduated nutritionist and future dietitian (finger cross), I need to comment about the nutritional value about this dessert/sweet. Below are the nutrition content for 'Ang Ku Kueh' which I found from Singapore Health Promotion Board.
Energy (kcal) 141
Protein (g) 3
Total fat (g) 2
Saturated fat (g)1.0
Dietary fibre (g) 4.3
Carbohydrate (g) 28
The energy content for a 'Ang Ku Kueh' is about half bowl of rice which also equivalent to energy expenditure for walking an hour at 2.5mph. For diabetic patient, it is equivalent to 2 serves of carbohydrate. Therefore, if you want to take for snack, make sure you take it occasionally and only take one each time or per day. Don't take more than one!
