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Kuih Seri Muka

Kuih Seri Muka (Pandan Custard Sticky Rice Dessert)

Christie Lai
Kuih Seri Muka. Layers of coconut-infused glutinous sticky rice with a delicious creamy pandan coconut custard on top. A chewy and luscious dessert popular in Southeast Asia for good reason!
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Asian, South-East Asian
Servings 9 pieces
Calories per serving 3134 kcal

Ingredients
  

White Glutinous Rice Layer:

Blue Glutinous Rice Layer:

Pandan Custard Layer:

Instructions
 

  • In two separate bowls, divide the glutinous rice equally with 200 grams in each one. Soak glutinous rice with enough water the night before or 4 hours prior. This is important, if you do not do this the rice will not be soft and sticky after steaming.
  • On the day of cooking, strain the water from each bowl of soaked rice using a fine sieve. Transfer the rice back into each bowl. To each bowl of strained rice, add coconut milk, water, salt and mix well. To one of the bowls, add blue butterfly pea powder and mix well. You should have one bowl with white rice.
  • Next pour the blue rice and the liquids onto a wide shallow bowl. Then place knotted pandan leaves into the rice.
  • Fill a large wok halfway with water and place a wire rack or bamboo steamer inside. Bring to a boil. Once you reach boiling point, reduce to medium heat. Cover and steam the blue rice for 25 minutes. Checking every now and then to ensure there's enough water in the steamer. If not, refill with more hot water. Remove the plate from steamer with oven mitts and keep warm.
  • Next transfer white-colored rice and liquids to a wide shallow bowl. Transfer to the steamer. Cover and steam on medium heat for 25 minutes checking occasionally if the steaming water needs to be refilled with hot water. Once white rice is done steaming, remove pandan leaves and remove from steamer. Set aside and keep warm.
  • Meanwhile, add 10 pandan leaves and 200 ml of water into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour the content into a fine sieve and strain the liquids, discarding the pulp. Pour this pandan extract into a medium sized pot.
  • To the same pot, add pandan custard ingredients: cornstarch, all purpose flour, eggs, coconut milk, and sugar. Mix well and place over stove top to heat over low-medium heat continually stirring until it thickens. Do not bring to a boil. When chunks begin to form as you stir, remove the pot off heat.
    Next stir the mixture well until the chunks have dissolved completely. Cover to keep warm.
  • Then grease a 9x9 square baking pan or baking dish with oil. Set aside for later.
  • Using oven oven mitts, slide the blue rice into the greased square baking pan to create an even layer. Use a spatula to pack the rice down hard ensuring there are cracks if possible. It must be packed well or the custard will seep through the cracks, affecting the layers. Smooth out the layer of rice.
  • Then slide the steamed white rice over the blue rice and pack down very well ensuring no cracks if possible. Smooth it out with spatula.
  • After that, pour the pandan custard over top. Gently tap the pan on a even surface to remove any air bubbles.
  • Steam over medium heat for 30 minutes covered using a lid covered in aluminum foil or a clean tea towel. This prevents the water droplets from making holes into your pandan custard layer.
  • Finally remove cake from steamer and allow to cool down completely. Slice with a wet and oiled knife at an angle and serve to enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 3134kcal | Carbohydrates: 531g | Protein: 53g | Fat: 90g | Saturated Fat: 71g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 491mg | Sodium: 1444mg | Potassium: 1288mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 140g | Vitamin A: 713IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 196mg | Iron: 22mg