Mee Ku, 面龟 is a Hokkien give-and-take for Tortoise Bun. It is basically a mantou, or plainly steamed bun. This recipe is given past times my mother’s vecino cum church building friend. I showtime tasted these when this neighbor, Mr Teh made them for a church building fund raising programme. It was then delicious, in addition to my mom said, it was the showtime affair sold out during the fund raising sale.
Original recipe calls for margarine, but I’m using butter. Mr Teh didn’t laissez passer on me a precise sum for toddy, but all that I know is, knead it amongst pure toddy, no water. And this toddy sum is from my experiment.
450gm all exercise flour
90gm sugar
350gm toddy (It’s non 350ml, alcohol is lighter than water, improve weigh it, every bit at that spot powerfulness endure air bubbles inwards it, thus making book standard inaccurate)
65gm margarine/butter
Mix everything together in addition to knead until dough is soft in addition to smooth. Shape into 10 peanut shaped buns in addition to larn out to proof* until double inwards size. Steam on high rut for twenty minutes.
*Warning::: Proofing fourth dimension was 8 hours!!!!! I shaped them earlier I slept, steamed them when I woke up. The oven is a condom identify to multilayer proof buns. I tried using hot H2O inwards the oven to brand a warm surroundings for proofing, but it killed the natural yeasts!!!! So improve endure patient in addition to wait. This white fluffy buns are from my 2d attempt.
You tin speed upwards the proofing past times sunning them, embrace amongst a cheesecloth in addition to lay them out nether the hot sun. I was told amongst sunning them, the proofing is 2-4 hours. But I was also told, since toddy is a homemade liquor, the sum of natural yeast inwards them differs, therefore, goose egg is 100% accurate. U accept to scout out for your own.
The buns expand farther when steamed, only similar buns that has double acting baking pulverization added in. So, don't endure fooled past times them looking small. Steam them when they await doubled, in addition to when they are steamed, they'll endure triple of the "before proofing" size. Give them infinite to expand inwards your steamer
You tin purchase toddy in addition to buy the farm along it inwards the refrigerator until fourth dimension to use. Shake the bottle earlier pouring out every bit the yeasts tend to settle at the bottom. If u cannot detect toddy, but tin detect "air nira nipah", u tin exercise that too. Air Nira Nipah is the bloom sap from only about other palm in addition to it also ferments the same agency every bit toddy. Once I bought that from a route side stall on the agency from Kelantan to Terengganu. I idea that it is a sweetness drink, 1 sip in addition to I puked it all out. It tasted similar toddy, alcoholic. U tin know that it's actually fermenting when u opened upwards up the bottle, bubbles rush upwards in addition to sometimes, out.
Updated few hours subsequently : From the comments, I got to know that "toddy" seems inaccessible to many, I will experiment amongst fresh kokosnoot juice in addition to vino yeast to brand this again. Let's come across whether I tin larn the same fine texture in addition to odor amongst kokosnoot juice. Regular baking yeast can't this result.
Updated 26/3/10 :
Read these to come across where to larn your toddy
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Johor Bahru, Somewhere on the agency from JB to Sungai Tiram, in addition to lots inwards Kluang
Ipoh, somewhere, behind Hume St. or assay Buntong surface area :)
Where always Gula Melaka is produced, u tin larn toddy there. Just larn the raw sap, that volition be toddy inwards a few hours time.
Where to larn Air Nira Nipah (Usually sold past times Malay vendors. If it's bubbly the fourth dimension u opened upwards the bottle, it's fermenting in addition to practiced for meeku, but if it's chilled in addition to at that spot seems to be no activity, larn out it at room temperature inwards a mineral bottle/ coke PET bottle for a few hours. The bottle volition larn difficult amongst the pressure level edifice from inside from the fermentation procedure in addition to when u opened upwards up the cap, whoooozzzz.... bubbles in addition to gases volition erupt!!)
Coastal trunks roadsides
-Kelantan to Terengganu
-Butterworth Ong Cheng Huat Seafood 04 3314782
Georgetown Stewart Lane
Teluk Intan to Sitiawan
-Kuala Selangor coastal route all along Sekinchan upwards
Butterworth Ong Cheng Huat Seafood 04 3314782
Georgetown Stewart Lane
Taiping
Readers, if y'all hap to know where else, range notify me. Thanks.
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