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Colorful Cake

Colorful Cake

Pandan leaf juice is blended with water chestnut starch and coconut milk, then steamed in layers into translucent, jade-green kuih with a springy, subtly coconut-sweet bite.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Wash the colorful leaves clean.

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    Cut the colorful leaves into small pieces, add water, and blend them in a food processor.

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    Filter out the leaf residue, leaving only the juice.

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    Take 2 cups of water chestnut powder and add 2 cups of pandan water.

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    A cup of milk, shake well to mix! The cups should be the same size!

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    Stir evenly.

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    Sift once. Set this slurry aside for now!

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    Take another bowl, mix three cups of water chestnut water, one cup of milk, and one cup of sugar.

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    Pour into a saucepan and bring to a boil.

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    Scoop a spoonful of freshly prepared raw starch and pour it into the milk pan.

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    Cook until it becomes a thin paste, then turn off the heat.

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    Pour the paste from the milk pot into the raw mixture from earlier, and stir quickly.

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    Pour them into two glass containers, turn the heat to high, and steam them over water for twenty-five minutes! Let them cool for one or two hours before unmolding!

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    Cut into pieces and plate, perfect for breakfast or afternoon tea!

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Colorful leaves
    7 strip
  • Horse hooves powder
    1 pack
  • Milk
    1 box

Seasonings

  • white sugar
    to taste