- It is best to use fresh rice flour. This is to obtained by grinding the rice. Dry rice-flour can be quickly obtained by means of an electric grinder. Many people still use the old method of pounding. The rice is put into a hole in a large block of wood. The pounding is done with a long, heavy pole. The person who is pounding stands upright holding the pole with both hands.
- Dry rice-flour is used in batters for coating and for making cakes that are to be baked. To prepare the coating batter, the rice-flour is combined with a little slaked lime or turmeric powder, and water. It becomes golden and crisp when fried.
- For steamed-cooked kuih, the finer textured tepung beras basah, or wet rice-flour, is used. The rice is soaked overnight first and then ground in a stone grinder. The mixture is hung up in a cloth to drain away the moisture before use.
- In the preparation of rice-flour cake/kuih, coconut milk or water is usually blended into the flour. Next, eggs and sugar are added.
- Rice-flour kuih are usually steamed.
- Examples of rice-flour kuih: Lipat pisang, Kuih Lapis, Kuih Talam and Ubi Kayu.
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