Kuih Kundas

 Not many people know this kuih especially the later generation.... It is typically known as Kuih Kundas in my hometown although there are few other names like Cucur Kembung, Pak Tongkol, Kuih Bantal, etcs. My mother used to make them in a big batch using no precise measurements but the success was the dough riser sold in the next door groceries shop.... Nowadays, nobody knows what it the scientific name of the rising agent as it is obsolete.

 I tried making the same way that my mother did but using bicarbonate soda and the outcome was disappointing with hard texture. I gave it up ever since until recently when my eldest brother made a request for it again... so I decided to give this recipe a try which has many success feedback from the followers.... I was so thrilled with my attempt.... it turned out just the way I wanted it.... soft and fluffy with big air pockets which is perfect for stuffing peanut sauce.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: MyR_Alma
Translated into English by HomeKreation
INGREDIENTS:
225g Flour
120g Sugar
1 tsp Soda Bikarbonat
110ml Water

METHOD:
1. Mix all ingredients until smooth, no kneading necessary.
Leave to rest 30 minutes, or keep overnight.
2. Divide dough into small portions and roll flat. Alternatively, roll flat the whole lot and slice into smaller pieces.
Use flour to dust when handling as the dough is a bit sticky.
3. Deep fry in pre-heated oil until fluffy and nice golden brown.
4. Serve with peanut sauce or curry gravy.

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Kuih Kundas ni kat Perak kita panggil "Kuih Kundeh", kat tempat lain macam2 nama Cucuq Kembung, Kuih Bantal, dll.... amat popular waktu Along kecik2, Emak selalu buat.... kalau buat kena buat banyak2 sebab anak2 ramai dan semua nya suka sangat makan ni.... kalau ada kuah kacang atau kari memang best cicah. Ada yang suka mencicah, ada gak yang suka belah tepi nya dan tuang kuah kacang ke dalam ruang yg kembung tu. Kuih ni walau pun kembung tapi nak yg berisi sedikit kena leperkan jangan terlalu nipis... kalau tidak jadi Roti Puri pulak nanti.

 Dulu2 Emak buat kuih ni guna 'Ibu Kuih' yg di beli kat kedai runcit depan rumah. Sekarang ni kalau tanya apa nama ibu kuih tu takda pula yg tau... ada yang kata 'Pontas' tapi kalau cari kat baking shop, tiada siapa yg tau lagi. Ada gak kita orang cuba ganti dgn bic soda tapi kuih tu jadi amat keras.... selepas tu Along pun dah give up nak cuba... sehingga lah baru2 ni abang Along nak sangat makan kuih ni.... baru tergerak hati nak mencuba resepi yg satu ni sebab ramai yg sudah mencuba dgn jaya nya. Mula2 tu ragu juga sebab resepi ni guna bic soda... tapi kalau tak cuba kita tak tau kan.... Selepas mencuba, alangkah gembira nya hati Along sebab kuih nya lembut, kembung dan bersarang di dalam nya.... sama seperti yg Emak buat dahulu! Alhamdulillah, semuga murah rezeki kepada Alma yg berkongsi resepi simple ni.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: MyR_Alma
Bilangan: ~sedozen
BAHAN2:
225g Tepung Gandum
120g Gula Halus
1 st Soda Bikarbonat
110ml Air

CARA2:
1. Gaul kesemua bahan2 sehingga sebati, tak perlu uli lama.
Perap selama 30 minit, atau semalaman pun boleh.
2. Bahagi2kan adunan dan leperkan ataupun gelekkkan kesemua nya dan potong2.
Adunan agak lembik, tabur tepung supaya tidak melekat di tangan.
3. Panaskan minyak yg banyak untuk menggoreng.
Goreng sehingga menggelembung dan angkat apabila kedua2 belah kuih berwarna keperangan.
4. Hidangkan dengan kuah kacang atau kari.

Suasana Hari Raya Qurban di Kampung 2015

Since I got married in the last 25 years, this is my first Idh Adha celebration with my mother and siblings in my hometown as far as I can recall..... the reasons were because Idh Adha public holiday was only one day and always coincided with our peak work period in the past years while children had no school term break. Staying in the East Malaysia was just not possible to fly back with whole family for one day only.

In my hometown, Idh Adha is celebrated as bigger occasion than Idh Fitri. We had three days consecutively of family gathering with very busy activities and of course 'big makan-makan'. My mother is the planner and the leader in deciding what activities, the menu, the guests, etcs. Syukur at age of 75 she is still healthy to do most of the cooking with help of all of us. I will share some of my mother's delicious cooking in here. I will never able to beat my mother's cooking... really finger-licking good.

DAY 1: IDH ADHA MENU
1.a Emak's Best Ever Black Rendang

1.b Emak's Delicious Chicken Rendang Pedas Kunyit

1.c Emak's Nasi Minyak
- Made with 5kg of rice, enough to feed all the children, grandchildren and great-grand children

1.d Nothing-Better-Than Emak's Pineapple Pachrey

1.e Dalca Campur

1.f AlongRoz's Crispy Veg Acar

1.g Lemang

1.h Nasi Himpit
- to go with Sayur lodeh & Sambal Ikan Bilis; or with Peanut Sauce; or with Rendang.... choice is individual's

1.i Mak Lang's Every-Year-Must-Have Peanut Sauce

1.j Sayur Lodeh and Sambal Ikan Bilis

 

1.k AlongRoz's Agar-Agar Pandan

DAY2 MENU & ACTIVITIES:
 On Day 2 Idh Adha, we slaughtered three goats for distribution to neighbors and the needies. One goat was for our own consumption which was cooked in special Korma recipe by my AbangNdak. The Lamb Korma was super delicious as the meat was very fresh. We enjoyed it very much that I forgot to snap any photo on day two....

My niece cooked special Chicken Feet Noodle Soup to serve the hardworking men and women who did all the necessary activities like slaughtering, meat cutting, packing and delivering. This is her specialty with very tasty and nice spice aroma...

DAY3 MENU & ACTIVITIES:
 All the family members, some relatives and friends gathered at my mother's house right after Subuh. It was the big day of the Idh as two cows were about to be sacrificed. It was a very busy day from early morning.... preparing breakfast, setting up the slaughtering area in the next door empty land and getting the equipment ready. There were more than 70 of us with lots of noises but so much fun and good feeling of togetherness.

The empty land was well prepared with tents for various purposes.... me and my niece had our fun cooking corner with freshly prepared lattice crepe and Roti Puri in addition to other ready prepared food. Other tents were for eating and working areas.

Breakfast Menu:
1.a Fried Rice
1.b Spaghetti Bolognaise
1.c Bingka Kastad
1.d Lattice Crepe
1.e Roti Puri
1.f Chicken Curry

Lunch Menu:
2.a CikNor's Special Beef Rice
2.b Air Asam (Special sauce for the rice)
2.c Cik Mah's Young Jackfruit Green Curry
2.d Fried Turmeric Beef
2.e OpahYam's Lime Acar
2.f Oni's Beef Bone Soup
2.g AlongRoz's Peparu Goreng Berempah
2.h Lime Asamboi Juice

Overall we had loads of fun.... alhamdulillah siratulrahim yang erat sesama keluarga dan sahabat-handai.

White Honeycomb Cake - Pak Thong Koh

I was very thrilled to see the outcome of my first trial of the kuih.... although it could have been better if my steamer didn't dry out half way. This kuih was so soft and very tasty as it uses coconut juice and most importantly is to achieve the desired look of honeycombs....! I will not be successful without a help from my FB friend who supplied the flour and guided me step by step on the making process.... such a lovely friend whom I only know from the Facebook.

Unfortunately I didn't manage to get the permission of the original owner to share the recipe in this blog. Hopefully she will respond to my request later.

Batter fully fermented, ready for steaming

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
  Seronok nya dapat merasa kuih ni.... dah lama teringin nak makan tapi tak pernah nampak orang Melayu jual kuih ni. Alhamulillah, dapat sahabat yg baik hati di alam maya yg sudi berkongsi resepi dgn Along, bahkan dapat tepung nya sekali dan penerangan terperinci cara2 nak buat.

 Syukur menjadi walaupun air kukusan terkering separuh jalan.... kalau tidak mungkin lebih cantik lagi sarang nya. Kuih ni lembut dan rasa nya sedap wangi sebab letak air kelapa.

 Buat masa ni Along tak dapat nak kongsikan resepi nya sebab masih menunggu tuan punya resepi asal beri izin... Harap2 dia jawab mesej Along tu....

Overnight Oats (Again) - Dates & Figs Topping

 This is our regular breakfast lately.... especially so in order to clear the big packet of rolled oats and to fully utilize my new cute jars! For recipe, please refer to earlier post here. This time I placed honey, dates, figs and ginger biscuits as topping.
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BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Saja2 jer tayang lagi resepi ni.... tambahan dah rasmi botol kaca yg comel2 ni.... Kali ni topping dgn madu, kurma, buah zaitun dan biskut halia.... SEDAP! Kat bawah ni pula gambo Greek Yoghurt bagi yang bertanya atau tak pernah tau. Untuk resipi penuh, boleh lah tengok entri sebelum ni kat link sini ya.

Bingka Telur Kastad

The women social group of this residence organized morning coffee ala pot-lucks. Since we are all from various nationalities, we were asked to bring our national specialties. Bingka is Malay specialty cake (kuih) so I thought it will be a good idea for this purpose. Coincidently I saw Sue posted the kuih while I was searching for idea... I like the kuih very much and so did the women.... It is easy to adapt to this kuih and in fact it doesn't require any mind twisting at all.... They all love it at first bite!

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: SueNorman
Translated into English by HomeKreation
Size: 9" square
INGREDIENTS:
4 Eggs
150g Sugar
180g Flour
50g Custard Powder
1/2 small can Condensed Milk / Sweetened Creamer
400ml Thick Coconut Milk
200ml Milk
100g Melted Butter
Yellow Coloring (I skipped)
200ml Boiling Water

METHOD:
1. Beat egg & sugar, with wooden spoon, until sugar is dissolved.
Add in rest of the ingredients in the above order and stir well each addition.
2. Grease and line tin. Pour in mixture.
3. Bake 180C for 40 minutes using bottom heat and another 10 minutes with top heat.

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Bila Along tengok resepi Sue ni Along dah dapat bayangkan kesedapan nya.... Kebetulan memang nak buat bingka untuk bawa gi pot-luck. Pepagi lagi dah bangun nak buat kuih ni, nasib sempat juga siapkan untuk sarapan pagi dgn kawan2. Jadi cantik jer kuih ni.... tapi Along lak gatal pi grill 5 minit sebab nak extra garing.... tut2 terhitam pulak..... kikikiiii.... tapi hitam tu yg sedap harum tau!
 
Kuih ni sedang2 manis bagi Along.... tekstur nya amat lembut.... TQ Sue sharing resepi yg mabeles ni!
 
By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: SueNorman
Saiz tin: 9" persegi
BAHAN2:
4 bj Telur
150g Gula Pasir
180g Tepung Gandum
50g Tepung Kastad
1/2 tin kecil Susu Manis
400ml Santan Pekat
200ml Susu Cair
100g Mentega Cair
Pewarna Kuning (Along tak letak)
200ml Air Mendidih
 
CARA2:
1. Kacau telur & gula dgn senduk kayu sehingga gula hancur.
Masukkan tepung, susu manis dan gaul sebati sambil di masukkan satu persatu.
Masukkan santan, susu dan air panas sambil di kacau.
(Adunan memang cair, jangan tambah tepung lagi tau)
2. Sapu loyang dgn mentega & di lapik kertas.
3. Bakar 180C selama 40 minit api bawah, 10 minit api atas.