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Tepung Pelita – Malaysian Pandan Coconut Dessert
Tepung pelita is a Malaysian dessert you find at almost every bazaar stall during Ramadan. Small cups of banana leaf hold two layers: a sweet green pudding of pandan juice and rice flour below, and a white coconut cream with a pinch of salt on top. Pelita means oil lamp, and the cups resemble the old lamps. You eat it chilled with a small spoon, often after a spicy curry.
Tepung Pelita – Malaysian Pandan Coconut Dessert
Laura Chen
20
2 hours
20 minutes
85
Malaysian
Dessert
Tepung Pelita are small banana leaf cups with two layers: a sweet green pandan rice flour pudding below and a lightly salty white coconut cream on top. Kuih seri muka has a base of glutinous rice and is steamed. You cook tepung pelita entirely on the stove and let it set in the fridge.
Ingredients
For the green layer:
- 10 pandan leaves (screwpine leaves)
- 400 ml water
- 80 g rice flour
- 10 g tapioca starch (1 tbsp)
- 120 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
For the white layer:
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 40 g rice flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
For the cups:
- 20 pieces banana leaf (about 15 × 15 cm each)
- 40 toothpicks
Instructions
- Cut the pandan leaves small, blend them with 400 ml of water and press the pulp through a cloth. Measure out 350 ml of juice and top up with water if needed.
- Pass the banana leaves briefly over a gas flame or dip them in boiling water until glossy. Fold each piece into a square cup and pin two corners with toothpicks.
- Stir the pandan juice, rice flour, tapioca starch, sugar and salt together until smooth. Stir over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes, until thick and glossy and it pulls away from the spoon.
- Spoon 1 heaped tbsp of the green mixture into each cup and smooth it.
- Stir together the coconut milk, rice flour, salt and sugar. Stir over low heat for 5 minutes, until pudding thick, without letting it boil.
- Spread the white mixture over the green as a second layer.
- Let the cups cool for 30 minutes at room temperature, then chill them for 1 hour, until both layers are set.
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