Monday, March 26, 2007

Mi Jian Kueh




This is a simple mi jian kueh which doesn't use yeast.

Ingredients:

500 gm. Plain flour
500 ml. water
200 gm. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 tsp. bicarbonate of Soda
2 tsp. Eno

grounded peanuts, butter and sugar - for sprinkling

Method:

(1) Mix egg, salt, sugar, salt and soda. Stir well and slowly add in flour and water, mix well till smooth and stand for 30 mins.
(2) Add in Eno and stir till well mixed.
(3) Heat up a pan with cover. Grease the pan and pour in a scoop of batter to cover the base of pan, cover with lid and let it cook for awhile.
(4) Uncover the lid, scoop some butter or margarine on top, then sprinkle groundnuts and sugar, cover the lid again and let it cook till the base is golden brown.
(5) Loosen the edge and fold into half like a semi-circle. Continue till batter finish.
(6) Serve hot.

29 comments:

Unknown said...

OMG can you PLEASE share this recipe please please please I BEG you!!!

Min jiang kueh is my absolute favorite food and I am in the US now with ZERO excess to MJK and I am dying ):

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty,
Can I ask , what is Eno ? thanks for sharing receipe !

Anonymous said...

looks so good!

Diana

Anonymous said...

aunty, would you have a recipe for mua zi? i love those!!! hehe this post reminded me of it :p

i'm trying to find 2 recipes for the K jelly. One is for bandung k. jelly and the other is for the one we always see in shops - red top with a white base. i don't even know what it is called. would you happen to have a recipe or know the name of that kind of jelly?

thank you!

Unknown said...

Hello aunty lucy, very nice MJK ...i'll be trying them soon. I love mine with lots of peanuts n sweetcorn. Very clever in using the eno to achive the bubble n fluffy effect.
From the pics the pan u are using somehow different!
Will using a non stick pan be a good option to cook this MJK.

thank you

Anonymous said...

Hi, may i known what is Eno?

Aunty Yochana said...

HI anonymous.

Eno is a kind of fruit salt for relieve of heatiness and indigestion.

rgds

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi pink,

will make and post the mua ji soon. I will make the easy type..

for the K jelly, are you referring to Konnyaku Jelly? I really have not seen those that you just described.mmm...curious though.

rgds

Unknown said...

aunty lucy...did u use oil or butter to grease your pan?
Your pan looks different , what type of pan is it?
Will using a non stick pan be a good choice to cook this MJK?

thanks

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi sue,

I tried greasing with butter but the butter always turn black so I used cornoil.

My pan is AMC pan. You can use the copper mi jian kueh mould or any non stick pan but you need a cover - any cover will do.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hello Aunty Yochana,

Could I omit the Eno or substitute it with something else ? Does it make any difference ?

Many thanks,
Esther

Anonymous said...

May I know if bicarbonate soda is the same as baking soda?

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous,

Bicarbonate of Soda is Baking soda.

rgds

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Esther,

You can replace it with 1 tsp. instant yeast but you have to add it in the beginning whereas Eno is added in at the end.

rgds

Anonymous said...

hi aunty yochana,

thank you! i didn't realise mua zi got easy and difficult recipe! i think easy one is all i can handle :)

i love bandung, so i'm thinking of using that to make konnyaku jelly. the red top and white base jelly.. not sure what kind of jelly it is, i saw them selling at Subway and small stores before.

thank you!

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi pink,

O.K. I will try to go and see what it is and then figure it out.

rgds

Anonymous said...

hi,
Can i keep the batter in the fridge for later use or overnight?

Aunty Yochana said...

I think keeping in the fridge overnight should be no problem otherwise just do half recipe.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Lucy, thanks for this easy MJK recipe. I made this with extra ingredient-corn & my daughters said the best MJK they ever eat. Thanks again.

Aunty Yochana said...

Sophia,

Thumbs up!! Glad your children like it.

rgds

BTAN said...

Love reading your blog..Yippee...MJK is one of my favorite kuih, like many of the readers, I live in US have not found such kuih exist yet. What can I substitute ENO with as I am not sure if I can find ENO in stores here.
Thanks

Anonymous said...

Aunty Lucy,
What size AMC pot did you use for this recipe?

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi reena,

The base of the AMC pan is 7 1/2" and the top is about 9 1/2".

rgds

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi BTan,

You can use instant yeast instead of Eno but for instant yeast, you have to let it ferment for at least half an hour...use 1 tsp.

rgds

BTAN said...

Thanks a bunch will try to cook some this weekend may be...

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yochana,

Thank you very much for sharing this MJK recipe. It is my all time favourite Chinese sweets. Do you have the recipe to another version of MJK. It is a thin cripsy type of MJK using the same fillings (peanuts, butter and sugar). I love eating this too. Can you please share this recipe? Kind regards, Michelle

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Michelle,

I also love the thin crispy version but regret to let you know that I'm looking for that recipe too.

rgds.

Doreen said...

Hallo Aunty

This is one of my favourite snack when I was in Singapore. I dont think i can find 'eno' here [the netherlands'. is there anything to substitute?

stargirl said...

Hi,

Can the baking soda be substituted with four times as much baking powder? Thanks!