Kue lapis explained

Kue lapis
Alternate Name:Kue Pepe[1]
Kuih Lapis (Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei)
Country:Indonesia[2] [3]
Region:Nationwide
National Cuisine:Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
Type:Kue
Course:Dessert
Served:Room temperature
Main Ingredient:Rice flour, sugar, coconut milk

Kue lapis is an Indonesian Indonesian: [[kue]], or a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding.[4] In Indonesian, Indonesian: lapis means "layers". This steamed layered sticky rice cake or pudding is quite popular in Indonesia,[5] Suriname (where it is simply known as lapis) and can also be found in the Netherlands through their colonial links.[6]

Kue lapis is also very popular in neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, where it is called Malay: kuih lapis. Kue lapis was introduced by the Sino-Burmese to Lower Myanmar, where it is known as kway lapay or kway lapaysa .[7]

Ingredients and cooking method

This snack usually consists of two alternating coloured layers, thus the name of the cake.[5] The cake is made of rice flour, sago, coconut milk, sugar, salt, and food colouring.[5] Popular food colouring includes green-coloured pandan and red frozen food colouring. It is common to find rainbow layered kue too. This cake is steamed gradually, and layers are subsequently added in alternating order to avoid different colours mixing together. This method will create layered pudding-cake. Kue Lapis has a bouncy gelatin-like texture, yet, unlike jelly, this cake is quite sticky and chewy due to the rice pudding content.[4]

Kue lapis is similar to lapis legit or spekkoek, the difference being that lapis legit is a puffy layered cake, made of flour and is baked, while kue lapis is a moist layered pudding, made of rice flour and sago, and is steamed.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kue Pepe, Si Manis Berlapis dari Betawi . 22 June 2012. 2020-10-18 . Detik.
  2. Web site: Menikmati Jajanan Tradisional Kue Lapis Pelangi, Rasanya . 12 October 2018. 2020-10-18 . Inews.
  3. Web site: Mengenal Geplak, Lapis Legit, dan Kue-Kue Khas Betawi Lainnya . Tirto . 23 October 2019 . 2020-10-18.
  4. Web site: Kue Lapis (Steamed Layer Cake). 30 June 2019 . 2020-07-27 . www.indonesiancooking101.com.
  5. Book: George, M. L. C. . Coconut Recipes from Around the World . Indonesia: Layered Sticky Rice Cake (Kue Lapis Tepung Beras). 26 . 2009. Bioversity International . 978-92-9043-806-9. en.
  6. Web site: Kue lapis, steamed layered cake . What to cook today? . 11 June 2015.
  7. News: ဘိုဘို. 2019-02-06 . ခေါက်ဆွဲစားတဲ့ မြန်မာများ . my . BBC News မြန်မာ . 2021-01-14.
  8. Web site: Bedanya Kue Lapis dan Lapis Legit – Golali.id . 2024-08-04 . id.