The steamed rice cake (chwee kueh literally water cake) in this recipe is made with white rice. The texture of rice pudding made with white rice is soft and slightly chewy, better than the one made using rice flour.
Lightly coat moulds (Volume: 80 ml) with cooking oil, then arrange in steamer rack.
Drain soaked rice. Put soaked rice and salt into blender, add in 60 g of plain water, blend on high speed for about 3 minutes until smooth. Add in oil and 130 g of plain water, blend until well mixed.
Strain mixture into stainless bowl, add in hot boiling water, mix well. Bring ½ large pot of water to boil, turn to low heat, sit stainless bowl in hot water, cook mixture for about 1 minute, until just slightly thickened (when gel-like substance appears).
Transfer mixture to measuring cup. Put steamer rack with moulds on steamer, pour mixture into the moulds until 80% full.
Steam over medium heat for 12 minutes. Set aside to cool completely before unmoulding.
To unmould, run a plastic knife around the edge of the mould, then take out the chwee kueh.
Serve the Steamed Rice Pudding (Chwee Kueh) with chai poh and sambal.
Directions for condiments:
For chai poh: Preheat cooking oil, add in chopped garlic and shallot, cook over medium heat until fragrant. Add in chai poh, cook until fragrant. Mix together sugar, dark soy sauce, cornstarch and water, add in, cook until the sauce has thickened.
For sambal: Combine shallot, garlic, red chilli, dried chilli and oil in a blender, and blend until smooth. Transfer chilli paste to a non-stick pan, bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to medium-low heat, and cook until fragrant. Add in salt and sugar, and mix well.
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Notes
This recipe yields 10 pieces of rice cake.The nutritional value for reference is for 1 piece of rice cake.