Snack - Kuih Pulut 'Bee Koh' (Sweet Glutinous Rice)

Do you know what ‘bee koh (kuih pulut)’ is? It is glutinous/sticky rice with coconut milk; a Nyonya dessert. My family used to make bee koh as one of the food offerings for the Festival of the Jade Emperor, a Taoist god. They wanted the food offerings to have something ‘red’, or a good meaning like 福 (fu in Chinese means good fortune), on top of it, so they had me use red food coloring to write a word, because I was good at calligraphy. I remember I was always glad to write for them.
I like bee koh but have not had it for a long time and almost forgot it. Last time I was in Penang was during the festival, and I saw a plate of bee koh, which was a food offering from my sister-in-law. We finished it immediately.
I remembered it recently, so I made it and the recipe:

Ingredients – Makes 8-10 servings

• 2 cups glutinous/sweet rice
• 3 pandan (screwpine) leaves (optional)
• 200 ml coconut milk
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6-8 Tbsp sugar

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--> -->Soak the glutinous/sweet rice for at least 4 hours, then drain it and put it into a steam tray or rice cooker with the pandan leaves. Mix the coconut milk, salt and sugar. After the rice is cooked, add in the coconut milk mixture and stir well.

Remove the pandan leaves, and press the cooked rice onto a plate or into a mould. Let cool, then cut into pieces.

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*Revision on Dec 9, 2008 修改

你知道什么是 bee koh (kuih pulut) 吗？它是甜椰浆糯米糕，是一種娘惹糕。我家人大多数在拜天公诞时才做 bee koh 当供品。她们做好后，为了使供品有‘红’ 色及好意兆，所以要我用红色素沾水在糕上写‘福’字之类的，我的书法还好也乐得可以挥字。 我很喜欢吃 bee koh，但因很久没吃 bee koh 了，已没想念它。上次回槟城刚好碰上天公诞，看到三嫂买的一盘 bee koh 供品，三几人很快就把它吃完。 最近想起它，就自己做了食谱:

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材料 - 可做 8-10人份量

• 2杯 糯米
• 3叶 班兰叶（可有可无）
• 200豪升 浓椰浆
• 1/4茶匙 盐
• 6-8汤匙

-->幼糖

水 – 若用煮饭锅，水位盖过糯米

做法

--> -->糯米浸水至少4小时，然后倒掉浸水，将糯米及班兰叶放进蒸盘或煮饭锅。混合浓椰浆、盐和幼糖，放入已熟的糯米，搅拌均勻。

弃掉班兰叶，用盘或模型盘盛装煮熟的糯米。冷后切块食用。