Glutinous Rice Cake

Haha. I guess a way for me to destress is to bake new stuff and feed the people around me. Since this recipe looks kinda simple andthere was some glutinous rice in the house from who knows where, so I thought of giving it a try.

Got this recipe from another blog: http://chowtimes.com/recipes/dessert/

500g glutinous rice 1 can coconut milk (398ml) 3 screwpine leaves (pandan), knotted (ignored because is expensive to buy here) 1 teaspoon salt sufficient blue food colouring

Soak the glutinous rice for 6 hours and drain. Put the rice, coconut milk, salt and screwpine leaves in a tray and steam over high heat for 45 minutes or until cooked. Do fluff the rice once in a while so that the cooking is more even. Add a bit more of water if necessary. Also checked the steaming water and dont let it dries out, add more water if necessary. Add two drops of blue colouring to 1/3 of the cooked glutinous rice. Add more if you like the cake to be more blue. Mix well the colouring into the rice. Add the remaining rice and mix gently to obtain the mixed white and blue glutinous rice.Spoon the rice into the square pan. Press, level and cover with gladwrap. Place heavy objects on top and set aside until cold and firm. Remove, cut into pieces and serve with kaya.

I basically just cut and paste from the website only. Check it out for more details.

I am glad that friends like it. When I came back in the evening from the library, half of the tray was gone!! Hooray.