Hamper goodness Koci

A couple of days ago, John’s boss gave him some stuff from a hamper the company received, and some of the food he brought back had very nice packaging. Amongst them is this cute box of Kuih Koci.

What is Kuih Koci? Malaccans would know, since that’s where it originates. The nice box had all the stories and history written on it. Kuih Koci normally looks like this, wrapped with banana leaf in a corn shape.

This being a packaged product, it comes in plastic wrapping.

There are even four different flavours of Kuih Koci inside the box; Green Tea, Red Bean, Black Glutinous Rice, and Black Sesame. In truth they all tasted about the same.
Inside the packaging, this is how packaged Koci looks like. It’s black with powdery surface.

Bite it through to taste the paste.

I’m sure freshly backed Koci actually tastes better. So, if you’re adventurous, you can make your own. Here’s a recipe from Amy Beh.

Ingredients
Filling:

1. 50g roasted peanuts, grind coarsely
2. 100g grated white coconut
3. 60g brown sugar
4. 1/4 tsp salt
5. 300g glutinous rice flour, sifted

(A):

1. 1 1/4 cup coconut milk
2. 1/2 tbsp sugar
3. 1/4 tsp salt
4. 2 tbsp oil

Preparation of banana leaves:

1. Cut into 20 pieces of 10cm diameter rounds. Scald in hot water, wipe dry and brush lightly with oil.

Method
Put peanuts and the rest of the filling ingredients in a kuali and stir-fry lightly over a low fire for about 10 minutes. Dish out and cool.

Put glutinous rice flour into a mixing bowl. Add in (A) and knead well to form a soft dough. Divide the dough equally into 20 portions. Form each into round balls and flatten each piece with your palm. Add about 1 teaspoon of filling in the centre. Gather up the edges to seal the filling inside. Fold a piece of banana leaf into a cone. Put in the filled dough and wrap and tuck in the ends neatly.

Arrange kuih on a steamer and steam over rapidly boiling water for 15 minutes.