Saturday, August 22, 2015

Bubur merah putih for Aliah's birthday

Cake and birthday is too synonymous. The tradition in our family is always bubur merah putih that signifies the life, the bitterness & sweetness in life, the positive & negative things in life, the black & white journey of life ... 




Simple ingredients but it requires a lot of patience to prepare it. You only need the normal rice grain, glutinous/sticky rice grain, coconut milk, water, palm sugar, granulated sugar, salt & to add flavour and smell pandan leaves (optional). the ratio for the rice is 1:3 (normal rice:glutinous rice). Cook the rice like you want to make rice porridge or congee. When it is done halfway and you are getting a smooth texture, add in the coconut milk, this is the time when you'll get blasted but the bubble fromn the boiling porridge, divide the porridge into two parts (like 1:2 ratio). The 1 ratio just leave it plain like that (the white part), cook until smooth. Add the palm sugar to the 2 ratio mix and cook until smooth.

Done. Serve it like in the above photos.