马豆糕 recipe

tomorrow going to jiejie place for our family xmas dinner, so mama asked me to prepare some dessert.... since we very long never eat 马豆糕, we decided to include it in our xmas dinner.... I think the last time I made 马豆糕 was at least 7yrs ago.... haha so long....

for those who don't know what is 马豆糕, it is a hongkong dessert.... it is actually coconut cake but it has 马豆 inside so that's why it is call 马豆糕.... lets move onto the actual recipe

corn starch                                500g
sugar                                         900g
water                                         3.75L
马豆                                          300g
coconut milk                             600g
full cream evaporated milk      1 big can (400mL)
unsalted butter                          50g

for this amount of ingredient, you can make 4 big tub of 马豆糕 (if you using an 8inch cake pan)

this is 马豆, the dried form

wanted to find corn starch but cant find so have to make do with this

this is THE brand of corn starch to use but apparently cant find it at NTUC now

 



step 1: washed 马豆 & cooked till soft... add into boiling water & this will take about 20min... after which drain the 马豆, rinse with clean water & set aside

cooked 马豆, it will become slightly bigger & much softer



step2: while waiting for 马豆 to be cooked, mix the corn starch with 1.5L of water (room temp)

the corn starch mixture



step3: heat up remaining water (2.25L) & add sugar to dissolve
step4: after sugar has dissolved, add in 马豆, keep stirring with heat
step5: slowly add in the corn starch mixture, keep stirring with heat
step6:  slowly add in coconut milk, evaporated milk & butter, keep stirring with heat....  when everything mixed well, remove from heat & pour into containers & fridge overnight

final product



for this round, I used brown sugar so the pastry turn out yellowish, if use white sugar, it will be offwhite so the 马豆 will stand out more.... personally this is one of my favourite dessert, quite simple to make & really nice to eat when served cold =)