Steamed layer cake
Ingredients- 200g (7 oz) tapioca starch
- 50g (1.76 oz) rice flour
- 1 tsp pandan extract (or 5 fresh pandan leaves)
- 100g (3.5 oz) peeled mung bean
- 300 ml water
- 400ml (14 fl. oz) coconut milk
- 250g (8.8 oz) sugar
- pinch of salt
-Wash mung beans and soak in water for at least 1 hour (or overnight). Cook in a rice cooker. The water level should be as high as the beans. Alternatively, you can steam the beans until soft.
- In a sauce pan over low heat, dissolve sugar and salt in coconut milk and water. Let cool to room temperature.
- Mix tapioca starch, rice flour and the coconut mixture until well-diluted.
- Take out 350ml ( 1 + 1/2 cup) of the above batter and blend with the cooked mung beans in a blender until smooth. We have yellow batter.
- Add pandan extract to the rest of the batter. We get green batter.
- Grease the pan with vegetable oil. Steam 2 laddles of the green batter for a few minutes until slightly set. Then add 2 laddles of the yellow batter. Continue until finish all the batter.
- After the last layer, steam the whole cake for another 15 mins. When you poke the center of the cake with a chopstick and see no batter spilling out, it is done.
- Let cool completely and cut into pieces with a greased knife.
- You can keep the cake in the refridgerator up to 2-3 days. Microwave for 30-45 seconds when serve on the next day. Then let it cool and it is good to eat again.
