PUMKIN ANG KOO

PUMKIN ANG KOO

Dough

250gm glutinous rice flour,sifted

300gm pumkin ,steam till soft and mashed.

1 tbsp oil

1 tbsp Castor sugar

Enough water to soften the dough

For coating

3 tbsp glutinous rice flour
Ang koo mould. Corn oil to brush on top of the ang koo

Filling

60ml water
41/2 tbsp sugar
2 pandan leafs,knotted

100gm green beans ,without skin soaked in water overnight then steamed for 30 mints until soft and mashed with back of a spoon

1. In a wok add water,sugar and pandan leafs. Cook until the sugar has dissolved completely. Take out the pandan leas. Add the mashed green beans.

2. Keep stirring until the mixture dries. Leave to cool.

To make the dough

1. In a bowl,add the flour, mashed pumkin,oil and sugar. Mix all together until it becomes crumbly

2. Slowly add water to make a dough. Divide the dough into portions of 60gm each and make a bird's nest. Put in one tsp of the green beans filling then enclose to make a round ball. Coat with glutinous rice flour

3. D ust the ang koo mould with a little flour and put in the dough. Press down and knock the ang koo kuih out.

4. Put the ang koo on greased banana leaf and place in steamer tray Do the same until the dough is finished

5. Steam over high heat for 5-6 mints until cooked. (wipe the top steamer cover occasionally to prevent water dripping onto the kuih) Brush corn oil on top of the ang koo.

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