Pandan Kuih Koci 班蘭裹糍

Those who are familiar with nyonya kuih would have tasted the pandan kuih koci.  The kuih are wrapped with banana leaves in an upturned cone.

These sweet and savoury dumplings are made with glutinous rice pastry and filled with  fried grated coconut.

Cai Kuih ~ Steamed Vegetable Crystal Skin Dumpling 菜糕

Ling's mum is in town recently and all of us missed her food so much.

Aunty loves to cook, bake and making traditional snacks during her leisure.

Today she's making this vegetable dumpling which is popular among the older generation, especially the Teochew & Hakka.

The soft chewy skin is nice made and wrapped with the stir fried "bangkuang char" ~ yam bean, carrot and garlic.

Ang Ku Kueh 红龟糕

Ling's mum has made these delicious ang ku kueh filled with green bean paste.

She has bought the wooden mould back from Penang, was told the plastic mould does not print as clear as the wooden one.

I had 3 pieces at one go!  Ooppss...

Ang Ku Kueh 红龟糕

Ang Ku Kuih 红龟糕 is one of my favourite "kuih".  It's one of the nyonya kuih which traditionally has various fillings - grouded peanut, green bean paste, salty bean paste, etc.

It's been years ago I have not tasted this kuih and kinda missed it so much, so I decided to drive to 吉祥食品 (Blk 1 Everton Park, Singapore; 8am-5pm daily, Sundays & PHs - closed).

It's only 1/2hr after the shop opened early in the morning and there were only 2 types of fillings (grounded peanuts & green bean paste) available at that time, so I grabbed enough for home and our good friend, Diana.  She's not tasted ang ku kuih from this shop and she likes the green bean paste filling.

Probably one of these days should learn how to make our own ang ku kuih and various nyonya kuih.

Both looked alike! Find the difference - look at the pandan leaves.  The 4 edges which have been trimmed is green bean paste filling.