SERIMUKA BUNGA TELANG/PUTERI SALAT

Serimuka also known as Puteri Salat, is an all time favorite kuih. The kuih consist of two layers, the bottom layer is made of glutinous rice while the top layer consist of custard.  The special about this kuih is the blue coloring is extracted from a flower called bunga telang or Blue Pea Flower. In the absence of the flower, blue coloring can be used.

Serimuka Bunga Telang/Puteri Salat

INGREDIENTS

Bottom Layer

3 cups glutinous rice - soak / 3 cawan pulut - rendam

3 cups coconut milk/ 3 cawan santan

pinch of salt/ secubit garam 

1 screwpine leaf/ 1 helai daun pandan

bunga telang soak with 1 cup glutinous rice/ rendam bunga telang dengan 1 cawan pulut.

METHOD

1. Prepare the steamer. Combine glutinous rice, salt and coconut in a square or round cake pan. Mix well. Place the screwpine/pandan leaves on top of the rice and steam over rapidly boiling water for about 30–35 minutes or until cooked through./ Panaskan kukusan. Campurkan semua bahan dalam loyang 7". Campurkan dan letakkan daun pandan dan kukus selama 30-35 minit.
2. Discard pandan leaves. Fluff up the rice, and then press rice firmly down with a banana leaf or aluminum foil until it is compact. Return it to the steamer./ Keluarkan daun pandan. Kacau-kacaukan pulut dan tekankan dengan daun pisang sehingga mampat dan kukus semula.

Top Layer

3 eggs / 3 biji telor

3 cups coconut milk/ 3 cawan santan

3/4 cup flour / 3/4 cawan tepung gandum

1/4 cup cornflour / 1/4 cawan tepung jagung

1 cup sugar/ 1 cawan gula

7 screwpine leave blend with coconut milk/ 7 helai daun pandan blend dengan santan

1. Blend all ingredients until well combined.Strain the batter to remove any lumps.Scratch the surface of the steam rice lightly with a fork. Pour in the palm sugar layer of the batter on top of the rice. Steam over a low heat for 20 minutes or until set./ Blend semua bahan. /Tapis dan tuang ke atas lapisan pulut. Sebelum dituang, lorek-lorekan bahagian pulut dengan garfu. Kukus selama 20 minit.
2. Set it aside to cool completely before cutting into serving pieces./ Biarkan betul-betul sejuk baru dipotong 

Bunga Telang/ Blue Pea Flower
(Clitoria Flower)

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Serimuka Bunga Telang adalah popular dikalangan masyarakat Baba Nyonya. Pulut akan direndam bersama bunga telang untuk mendapatkan warna kebiru-biruan. Jika ketiadaan bunga telang warna biru pun boleh digunakan. 

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