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Yeasted Huat Kuih 酵母发糕

We're celebrating Wesak Day on this coming Friday. Wesak Day is the most important festivals of the Buddhists in Malaysia and fall in the month of May. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha because according to Buddhists, all the three events took place on the same lunar date. The celebration for the Wesak day begins much before the dawn when the Buddhists gather in Buddhist temples for worship all over Malaysia. The celebration is done with prayers, chants, offerings and giving alms. The Buddhist eat a vegetarian diet prior to the festival in order to cleanse and purify themselves. For me, I'm not going to the temple. So, just do my praying at home with all these steamed fatt kuih.
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Ingredients :
(A)
100gm warm water
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp sugar
10gm yeast

(B)
350ml water
300gm sugar
1 tbsp ros syrup/ 1 tspn red colouring
(for brown sugar version : 200gm brown sugar+ 100gm palm sugar)

(C)
500gm all purpose flour
10gm cooking oil/butter

Method :
(1) combine ingredients (A) and leave aside for 10 mins.
(2) combine ingredients (B) and dissolve sugar over medium heat untill just about boiling.
(3) leave ingredients (B) cool for about 15mins.
(4) combine ingredients (A), (B) & (C) together and mix well.
(5) leave the mixture proof for 3-4 hours.

(6) preheat steamer in medium heat.
(7) at this point, the mixture will look very fluffy & moist (as shown).
(8) stir batter before divide into small cups for steaming.
(9) after divided batter into individual cups, use a pair of scissors slightly coated the edges with cooking oil, then make a cut across the batter to form a cross.
(10) coat the scissors with cooking oil before each cuttings.


Finally, steam for 30 mins over medium high heat. Not medium & not high, it's in between. The steaming heat is very important. It helps to give you more bigger smile on your fatt kuih.

It's my lucky day, I guess! I have all smiling at me beautifully. The best thing about this version is you don't need to go through days of fermentation process. These steamed fatt kuih can stand for quite a few days even without chilling them in the refrigerator. You can anytime steam them for your own use. So, have fun & enjoy!
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