Pulut Inti is a popular sweet Nyonya Kuih. It is made of steamed glutinous rice with coconut milk and eaten with coconut filling. “Pulut” means glutinous rice and “Inti” means filling in Malay. Blue pea flower or “Bunga Telang“ in Malay is being used to color the rice. It gives the rice a very sweet natural “blue” color. Pulut Inti Recipe Ingredients 15 dried Blue Pea Flowers
1/4 cup of hot water
300 g glutinous rice
230 g thick coconut milk
1/2 tsp salt
Method:
1. Soak blue pea flower in hot water for 15 minutes till water turn blue. Sieve the water out.
2. Soak the glutinous rice in blue pea flower overnight or about 6 hours.
3. Steam glutinous rice in steamer for about 25 minutes or till rice is soft.
4. Mix coconut milk and salt. Add into steamed glutinous rice and continue to steam for another 10 minutes.
5. Remove and leave to cool. 6. Serve with coconut filling.
Coconut Filling 150 g brown sugar / palm sugar
3 Tbsp sugar1 pandan leave (knotted)
1 grated coconut (white part only)
80ml water
1Tbsp cornflour mix with
1Tbsp water
Method: 1. Break the brown sugar/palm sugar into small pieces.
Combine with the sugar, pandan leave and water.
Cover over a medium flame until sugar dissolves.
2. Add in grated coconut and stir till fragrant. 3. Add conflour mixture and stir for 2 minutes. Leave to cool.
Recipe courtesy from: http://nyonyafood.rasamalaysia.com/pulut-inti-recipe/
