I tried this recipe with whatever ingredients that I have in hand after I came across it in
Lily’s Wai Sek Hong blog and also Amy Beh’s recipe in The Star newspaper. Unfortunately, I burned it a little and my Ban Chien Kueh turned out to be 'Burned Chien Kuih'! LOL I have to scrape off some of the burned part. Otherwise it would have been perfect. Since I only made a very little batter for just one ban chien kuih, the texture turned out to be crispy. Instead of going through the hassle of roasting some peanuts, I bought a packet of roasted peanuts from an Indian kacang putih (peanuts and snacks stall) man in my area. I don’t have buttermilk, so I just used some milk powder mixed with brown sugar. I also did not use Kan Sui (Potassium Carbonate water), which a lot of people told me that it is not good for health. My 10” diameter non-stick pan came in handy for me to cook the Ban Chien Kuih. The ingredients below are enough to make one pancake using this pan. And the final result!............It taste like Ban Jien Kuih, Smells like Ban Chien Kuih but it is not Ban Chien Kuih but 'Burned Chien Kuih'! ROFL!
Ingredients to make one Ban Chien Kuih (10’’ non stick pan size)
Wheat Flour, 10 table spoons
Rice flour, 2 ½ table spoons
Water, 1 cup Sugar, 1 table spoon
Brown sugar, 2 table spoon
Milk, 1 table spoon
Bicarbonate of soda, ½ teaspoon
Salt, ½ teaspoon
Fillings
Roasted peanuts, 4 table spoons, blended into fine granules
Sugar, 2 table spoons or to taste
Butter, 1 table spoon
Mix all the ingredients for the Ban Chien Kuih batter. Heat up non-stick pan and coat it with a little vegetable oil. Pour the Ban Chien kuih batter into the pan and close it with a lid to make sure that the top side is cook evenly. Put the fillings into the Ban Chien Kuih and cook for 2 minutes. Then use a butter knife to lift up one side and fold it into half. Cut into 4 pieces and serve!
Peanuts and sugar mixture...................................Ban Chien Kuih Batter in my non stick pan
My 'Burned Chien Kuih'! But it taste good! LOL!
Related Post
Peanuts and sugar mixture...................................Ban Chien Kuih Batter in my non stick pan 
My 'Burned Chien Kuih'! But it taste good! LOL!
15 comments:
Korek korek korek! Oh my fave since young days. Would at times hop-in pasar malam to buy that's it that's my dinner.
haha. i don't mind ordering a piece of your burnt ban chien kuey.
Cheah : Wah, not filling for dinner leh....Last night I ate the whole piece for supper, still hungry....LOL
Misti : Actually it taste bit authentic with a little burned smell....LOL!
Pretty good, it seems! Certainly looks like the real thing...but I think it's easier to buy. Got a stall round the corner, some 100-200 metres from my house! LOL!!!
Good try, good try. Practice makes perfect.
Do you have recipe for popia skin?
I didn't know this pancake's called ban jien kuih. We call it 'tai kau min' in Cantonese.
I like these pancakes but not many stalls sell good ones.
STP : Sometime, can modify the taste if cook at home....more interesting leh! LOL
Molly : Popiah skin don't have leh. Will try to find out!
Mei Teng : Ban Jien Kuih is in Hokkien, Hah, now I know its name in Cantonese. Some stalls used too much 'kan sui' potassium bicarbonate, smell too strong lorrr, somemore not good for health!
Pete what a great difference in names, so in Canto is 'Tai kau min' direct translation is "Big thick face" and Hokkien is "Ban Jien Kuih" and what is the meaning actually?
Maybe the direct translation for Hokkien is 'Slow(ban) Fried(chien) Cake(kuih)'. Have to use low heat to cook, real slow....I increased the heat, then it got burned! ha ha ha! LOL
Waaa good try! Looks genuine! except for the burnt part lah haha. But very good. Cook more when perfect send to me :P.
ladyviral : Have to try it again....real interesting....can add other ingredients..mmmmm maybe pandan and coconut...send you one if successful! LOL!
It taste like Ban Jien Kuih, Smells like Ban Chien Kuih but it is not Ban Chien Kuih but 'Burned Chien Kuih'!
Haha! LOL!
I love this kuih! Yummy!
Foongpc : Korek, korek, korek.....ha ha ha! LOL
LOL... burned chien kuih... lol... eh, it does not look so bad, actually.
Cleff : This is another of my simply hentam cooking....Ha ha!
Post a Comment