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Making Kuih Lemper

1. village womenfolk get together to make kuih lemper
1. village womenfolk get together to make kuih lemper

Today, I would like to share the recipe for Kuih Lemper, a traditional Javanese snack. I learnt this when I was visiting Kampung Sijangkang, a village in Kuala Langat where its population is primarily of Javanese descent. I was in the Eat.Travel.Write 4.0 delegation where we explored the different food of the people of that particular area.

2. ingredients used for kuih lemper
2. ingredients used for kuih lemper
3. wrapping the kuih
3. wrapping the kuih

So, here’s the recipe in Malay.

Bahan-bahan
1 biji kelapa
2 sudu besar gula
1 sudu besar lada sulah
1 batang serai
1 sudu besar garam
200ml santan pekat

4. wrapping of kuih lemper
4. wrapping of kuih lemper
5. waiting to be steamed
5. waiting to be steamed

*2 sudu besar ketumbar
*2 sudu besar udang kering
*1 sudu besar jintan manis
*1 sudu besar jintan putih
*3 biji bawang putih
*10 biji bawang merah
*2cm halia
*2cm lengkuas

6. in the steamer
6. in the steamer
7. ready to serve
7. ready to serve

Cara
1) goreng bahan-bahan bertanda *
2) selepas digoreng, tumbuk bahan tadi
3) 1 biji kelapa disanggang (goreng tanpa minyak)
4) kelapa ditumbuk dicampur bahan-bahan yang digoreng tadi
5) masukkan santan pekat dan kacau sehingga kering
6) masukkan garam, gula dan serai

8. delicious!
8. delicious!

If you asked me, I still don’t know how to make kuih lemper. However, I have no problem eating them!

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With love

12 thoughts on “Making Kuih Lemper

  1. I have never had this before. This looks like quite an interesting Malay cake. I can’t really tell what Javanese food is really like, but I’ve heard that it has influenced our food quite a lot. It reminds me a bit of those pulut bakar you find everywhere.

  2. I haven’t really heard about Kuih Lemper before but it looks good. Will certainly be worth a try 🙂

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