碱水粽 Alkaline Rice Dumplings (Kee Chang)

今天，继续粽香飘飘。。。

碱水粽

材料： 

糯米  1公斤
碱水   4汤匙 
油  4汤匙 
干粽叶 

草绳

做法 :

1. 干粽叶泡水3-4小时软化 ( 中间换2次水 )，用刷子两面刷洗干净，剪掉叶梗。
2. 糯米洗净，用清水浸泡3小时，沥干。

3. 糯米沥干水份，加入碱水和油，搅拌均匀，待用。
4. 粽叶折成斗形，舀入适量糯米，盖上粽叶，包成棕形，绑上草绳。

5. 煮滚一大锅水，把裹好的粽子下锅，水要盖过粽子，煮3小时，至糯米熟软即可取出，吊起沥干水份。

椰糖浆材料 ：

椰糖  200克 (切碎)

黄糖  100克

水  60克 

椰浆  100克

班兰叶  数片 (打结)

做法 : 椰糖，黄糖，水和班兰叶放入小锅里，以中小火煮至糖溶化。加入椰浆，煮至稍微浓稠即可熄火。

Alkaline Rice Dumplings

Ingredients：

1kg glutinous rice

4tbsp alkaline water

4tbsp cooking oil

bamboo leaves

hemp string 

Method：

1. Bamboo leaves, soaked for 3-4 hours，washed and change water in between for two time. 

2. Wash glutinous rice and add water，soaked for 3 hours.

3. Drain the glutinous rice，add in alkaline water and oil，mix well and set aside.

4. Take a bamboo leaf，fold into an inverted cone，add in some glutinous rice then wrap accordingly. 

5. Using a big pot，cook half pot of water. Once water is boiled，place in all the wrap dumplings and let it cook for at least 3 hours. Remove from water and hang it up，let it air dry and cool down.

Palm sugar syrup ingredients :

200g palm sugar，chopped 
100g brown sugar 
60g water

100g coconut milk

few blades of pandan leaves，knotted 


Method : Place palm sugar，brown sugar，water and pandan knot in a saucepan，cook on medium low heat until sugar dissolved. Add in coconut milk，cook until the syrup thickens.