Kuih Lopis | Glutinous Rice with Dark Brown Sugar Syrup

Malaysian sweet dessert of glutinous rice coated with coconut shave and drizzled with thick brown sugar syrup when served.

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Keep Calm and Eat some Kuih Lopis

Kuih Lopis is a traditional kuih or finger food, especially among Malaysians living along the Northern corridors of Malaysia.

Kuih Lopis is basically glutinous rice cooked in pandan (screwpine leaves) juice, coated with fresh slightly salted coconut shavings, and drizzled with thick brown sugar syrup.
It is rich in taste but a delight to have as afternoon delight.

As a teen, I didn't have the interest to learn from my mom how to make this traditional kuih (finger food)... why bother, when I can easily find some, perhaps in the stall around the corner, when cravings kicked in.

But things have definitely changed, no more "shop around the corner" to rely on, the only way to douse my cravings is to make my own.
When my mom came over for a holiday in 2007, I took that opportunity and asked my mom to make me some so that I could watch and learn.
....6 years on...
I am sharing my mom's Kuih Lopis.

Kuih Lopis

Yield: 6 ¼x ½x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x 9x 10x

Author: Lisa Ho

Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 30 M

Malaysian sweet dessert of glutinous rice coated with coconut shave and drizzled with thick brown sugar syrup when served.

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Ingredients

• 350 g glutinous Rice
• 400 ml pandan juice extracted from 20 pandan (screwpine) leaves
• Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of green color paste
• Banana leaves
• Kitchen string
• 1 cup desiccated coconut (dried version and store-bought)
• 2 tablespoons of hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Dark brown syrup

• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup water

Instructions

How to make kuih lopis

1. Place glutinous rice in a medium-sized pot.
2. Add in pandan juice.
3. Cook over low fire.
4. Keep stirring until glutinous rice absorbs all pandan juice.
5. Turn off the heat, and set aside.
6. Wipe clean banana leaves cut into 20cm by 20 cm (this is an approximate measurement, you can make it smaller or bigger as you wish)
7. Divide the semi-cook glutinous rice into 4.
8. Place onto a banana leaf and roll in banana leaves into a bolster-like shape.
9. Make sure no split in the leaf and tie up both ends with kitchen strings.
10. Submerge the glutinous 'bolsters' into a sizeable pot (to fit and submerge) and fill it up with water.
11. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour.
12. Drain water and leave it to cool.
13. Prepare syrup ~ place dark brown sugar into a medium-sized pot. Add water. Bring to boil then simmer until the syrup thickens. Set aside to cool.
14. Preparing coconut ~ add hot water to desiccated coconut. Add salt and mix thoroughly.
15. Using a 60 cm non-wax thread (fold in 2), cut glutinous rice 'bolster' into disc.
16. Roll glutinous rice disc onto coconut mixture.
17. Drizzle dark brown sugar and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

660.17

Fat (grams)

15.05 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

9.7 g

Carbs (grams)

137.59 g

Fiber (grams)

21.72 g

Net carbs

115.86 g

Sugar (grams)

36.91 g

Protein (grams)

10.23 g

Sodium (milligrams)

262.3 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

0 mg

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