Pulut Inti

Bunga telang  (blue pea flower) will give a very nice blue colour. As I cannot get any here, I used blue colouring instead.

Ingredients:

• 100g gula melaka
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup of water
• 250g glutinous rice, washed and soaked for 1hour
• 20 bunga telang(blue pea flower) or a drop or two blue colouring
• 1/2 coconut, grated or 150g desiccated coconut
• 200ml coconut milk
• 2 daun pandan

Method:

Wash blue flower. Blanch in 1 cup hot water and allow to soak for 1 hour. Drain blue water into rice and soak for further 3 hours.

Melt both sugar in water. Sieve. (If you are making the pulut inti with desiccated coconut, soaked the desiccated coconut with the sugar syrup for about 30 minutes). Put the coconut into a non-stick pan together with pandan leaves. Cook till dry. Stirring at all time.

Drain the glutinous rice. Add the santan and steam until cook. Stir well occasionally. Cool the rice.

Serve the rice with the coconut.