Sweet Potato Gems 甜番薯椰丝糕
Most traditional Malay or Nonya kuih requires coconut milk and gula melaka (palm sugar). As these Sweet Potato Gems are eggless, they are considered vegetarian and healthy as well. The main ingredients are sweet potatoes, tapioca flour and sugar. These sweet potato gems are not very sweet but soft and tender and I do like its natural orange colour. I enjoyed this yummy snack, more so after chilled, to beat the hot weather.
Sweet Potato Gems 甜番薯椰丝糕
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 5-6 servings
Ingredients
- 300g Sweet potato flesh, steamed
- 160g Sugar
- 100ml Water
- 150g Tapioca starch/flour, sifted
- 250ml Thick coconut milk
- a pinch of salt
125g Grated coconut flesh, white part only - a pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, cook sugar, water and 2 pandan leaves until sugar dissolves. Discard the pandan leaves, set aside for later use.
- Scrub and clean 400g sweet potatoes under running water before steaming them over high heat until the flesh is tender (about 40 mins). Peel off skin to yield 300g of sweet potato flesh.
- Using an electric blender, finely blend sweet potatoes with the sugar syrup. Mix pureed potato with sifted tapioca flour, coconut milk and salt.
- Pour batter into the a 8 inch square greased pan and steam over boiling water for 30-35 minutes.
- Remove from the steamer and leave to cool for 2-3 hours before slicing into pieces.
- Steam grated white coconut with pinch of salt for 5 minutes. Then toss the sweet potato slices in the coconut and serve immediately.
Recipe adapted from HungryGoWhere, originally shared by Tebbie Teoh
- 甜番薯椰丝糕
材料:
- 300克 番薯, 蒸熟
- 160克 白糖
- 100毫升 水
- 150克 木薯茨粉
- 250毫升 浓椰浆
- 盐少许
- 125克 白椰丝
- 盐少许
- 做法:
- 将糖,水和2片香兰叶放入一个小锅里煮滚至糖融化。熄火拿掉香兰叶,备用。
- 400克番薯刷洗干净,放进蒸笼里,大火蒸约40分钟或致番薯变软。番薯去皮后,净重300克。
- 用搅拌机把番薯和糖浆搅打成泥。然后把木薯茨粉,椰浆和少许盐加入番薯泥里,搅拌致顺滑。
- 倒入一个8寸方模(底部旁边抹油)大火蒸30-35分钟即可。
- 冷却2-3小时后,才拿出来切片。
- 将白椰丝和少许盐混合均匀,大火蒸5分钟,粘上白椰丝即可享用。
- I’m submitting this post to Best Recipes for Everyone March 2015 Event Theme:My Favourite Traditional Kueh organized by Fion of XuanHom’s Momand co-hosted by Joceline – Butter, Flour & Me.
Just did this and they are good, even better the next day without any more steaming! Naturally tweaked the recipe, replaced tapioca starch with glutinous rice flour just because I didn’t have any tapioca flour. I did find it hard to get out of the cake tin though. But they are delicious 😋
Hi Sue, Did you oil the pan before pouring in the batter? Or you can line the pan with non grease paper the next time.
Hi Ann,
I just made this kueh and the texture of it is quite soft. Should it be chewy or soft kueh?
Thanks
ling
Hi Linling, This is a soft and tender kueh.
这个太yummy了,刚好家里还剩下一些紫番薯,我想应该可以马上开工哦。
忘了说。。。感谢您的好分享♥♥♥。嘻嘻~
Sweet potato gem…just perfect..made twice n friends asked for recipe.
Thumbs up. ..Ann
Hi Doris, Thank you for trying this recipe! 😀
Hi can this be made ahead? Like one day before
Hi Shanks, Yes you can and re-steam for a few minutes in the next day.
Ann,这个实在太好吃了,我可以配一杯红茶吗?
Hi Ann. Can I replace water with coconut milk?Hardto get fresh coconut here so woll.soak up some desiccated ones..tx. jin
Hi, I'm afraid without using the coconut milk, this cake will not be that fragrant.
They look amazingly delicious!
I can tell from your pics how lovely and delicious these gems are….wish I can find the time to make some too!
Lovely golden sweet potato kueh ^-^. Like them coated with grated white coconut too !
I just can't help drooling over the pictures, especially the first one! Looks easy enough to make!
这个月份大家都在做kuih吃,感觉真的好像回到旧时代那样,那时候没有蛋糕,没有面包,应该天天都在做kuih吃吧!嘻嘻!
Looks so delicious !!!
Looks so yummy! Bookmarked this. Thanks! 🙂
这个粘上椰丝好好吃哦!喜欢~ 🙂
Ann, 怎么我没想过用这个 plastic 的刀来切kuih呢? 好办法来的。 今天终于”醒”了。哈哈哈 ~很棒很棒的kuih,简简单单就好好吃了。
哈哈哈。。。总不能一直昏睡下去 😀
是咯,新年过后就忙自己的东西。也懒洋洋,没什么精神进厨房做东西和拍照。
可是这个周末已经”醒来”了。不开工不行了。家里的 stock 已完毕。再不做就不能上菜啦。。 哈哈哈 ~
Ann, this kueh must be very tasty especially dipped in lots and lots of grated coconut!
真的是简易的做法, 谢谢分享了!
好想吃。。好想吃。。好想吃。。
yummy.. i cannot remember the last i had these.. i'm quite a loser with kuihs… and you just inspired me to just get up and make some (when i get home)… tks for always making things so easy
Once again you have me wooing over your creation Ann. I just love the thought of these Sweet Potato Gems. Your pictures are so alluring too. They don't look too difficult to make although, I'm pretty much a klutz when it comes to such things. I'll be saving these though, along with quite a few of your other creations, for someday:) Pinning too:)Thanks for sharing, Ann…
Hi can this be made ahead? Like one day before
Hi Shanks, Yes you can and re-steam for a few minutes in the next day.
Sweet potato gem…just perfect..made twice n friends asked for recipe.
Thumbs up. ..Ann
Hi Doris, Thank you for trying this recipe! 😀
Hi Ann,
I just made this kueh and the texture of it is quite soft. Should it be chewy or soft kueh?
Thanks
ling
Hi Linling, This is a soft and tender kueh.
Hi Ann. Can I replace water with coconut milk?
Hardto get fresh coconut here so woll.soak up some desiccated ones..tx. jin
Hi, I'm afraid without using the coconut milk, this cake will not be that fragrant.
I can tell from your pics how lovely and delicious these gems are….wish I can find the time to make some too!
Ann,这个实在太好吃了,我可以配一杯红茶吗?
这个太yummy了,刚好家里还剩下一些紫番薯,我想应该可以马上开工哦。
忘了说。。。感谢您的好分享♥♥♥。嘻嘻~
I just can't help drooling over the pictures, especially the first one! Looks easy enough to make!
Lovely golden sweet potato kueh ^-^. Like them coated with grated white coconut too !
Looks so delicious !!!
They look amazingly delicious!
这个月份大家都在做kuih吃,感觉真的好像回到旧时代那样,
那时候没有蛋糕,没有面包,应该天天都在做kuih吃吧!嘻嘻!
Looks so yummy! Bookmarked this. Thanks! 🙂
Ann, this kueh must be very tasty especially dipped in lots and lots of grated coconut!
好想吃。。好想吃。。好想吃。。
Ann, 怎么我没想过用这个 plastic 的刀来切kuih呢? 好办法来的。 今天终于“醒”了。哈哈哈 ~
很棒很棒的kuih,简简单单就好好吃了。
哈哈哈。。。总不能一直昏睡下去 😀
是咯,新年过后就忙自己的东西。也懒洋洋,没什么精神进厨房做东西和拍照。
可是这个周末已经“醒来”了。不开工不行了。家里的 stock 已完毕。再不做就不能上菜啦。。 哈哈哈 ~
yummy.. i cannot remember the last i had these.. i'm quite a loser with kuihs… and you just inspired me to just get up and make some (when i get home)… tks for always making things so easy
真的是简易的做法, 谢谢分享了!
这个粘上椰丝好好吃哦!喜欢~ :)
Once again you have me wooing over your creation Ann. I just love the thought of these Sweet Potato Gems. Your pictures are so alluring too. They don't look too difficult to make although, I'm pretty much a klutz when it comes to such things. I'll be saving these though, along with quite a few of your other creations, for someday:) Pinning too:)
Thanks for sharing, Ann…