Recipe Ingredient
- 250g pumpkin
- 250g glutinous rice flour
- 100ml thin coconut milk (from 1/2 a grated coconut)
- 1/2 tsp salt (add to coconut milk)
- 20 pieces of 18cm x 14cm pieces of cut out banana leaf
- 20 pieces of 14cm x 1.5cm pieces of cut up strips of banana leaf
- Filling:
- 50g castor sugar
- 75g palm sugar (gula melaka)
- 75ml water
- 2 pandan leaves
- 100g white grated coconut
- 50g toasted groundnuts, skinned and coarsely pounded
Instructions
- Cut pumpkin into cubes, steam until cooked and mash while still hot. Sift in glutinous rice flour and mix. Add in coconut milk gradually and mix into a soft and smooth dough. Set aside.
- To prepare the filling: Bring the water, sugar, palm sugar and pandan leaf to a boil to dissolve the sugar. Strain.
- Add in grated coconut and cook over medium low heat until mixture turns dry. Add in groundnuts and mix.
- Take a piece of cut-out banana leaf. Brush lightly with oil. Take a small portion of dough and spread it out in the centre of the banana leaf. Place a teaspoon of filling. Add another small portion of dough. Wrap up.
- Place the kuih koci in a steamer and steam for 15-20 minutes. Remove and serve the kuih hot or chill before serving.
