Kuih Lapis

Name: Kuih Lapis
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 1/2 cup tapioca starch; 2 cups coconut milk; 1.5 cups sugar

Kuih Lapis/koo-ee LAH-pis/

Also known as: Layered Cake

About this dish

A colorful, multi-layered steamed rice flour cake, chewy and lightly sweet.

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Ingredients

🌾2 cups rice flour

🌾1/2 cup tapioca starch

🥥2 cups coconut milk

🍬1.5 cups sugar

Method

Serves 4

Whisk rice flour, tapioca starch, coconut milk, and sugar into a smooth batter.

Divide the batter and tint each portion a different color.

Pour a thin layer of one color into a steaming tray and steam until set.

Add the next color layer and steam again, repeating until all layers are used.

Cool completely before slicing into squares.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kuih lapis is a traditional Malaysian layered steamed cake, prized for its vibrant colors and painstaking layering process.

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