Today Jalan-Jalan Ended Up Masak-Masak (Cooking) Making Organic Kueh Ketayap

Today as I was walking (Jalan-Jalan) outside my house, noticed a a small patch of wild growing pandan bush.  Pandan leaf is known as screwpine leaf in English.  This immediately got me thinking of the Kueh Ketayap that I had the other day that was dark green and full of artificial coloring and immediately thought of making some homemade ones with natural ingredients. 

Wild Growing Pandan Bush - Raw Material for the Kueh Ketayap

A quick check of the pantry and fridge, the only ingredient needed was grated coconut.  Immediately, I went up to the nearest mamak kedai runcit (local grocery store) and got some fresh 'white only' grated coconut.

Getting Fresh White Grated Coconut for Kueh Ketayap

To make kueh ketayap, there is two parts, one is the crepe and the other is a sweet coconut filling.  Recommended to make the filling first, as it needs time to cool down.

Ingredients for the sweet coconut filling:

Ingredients for the coconut filling

• Grated coconut from 1 coconut
• 1.5 cube of palm sugar (gula melaka) - crushed
• 2 tablespoon of raw sugar
• 3 pandan leaves - knotted
• Salt to taste, about 1/2 teaspoon.
• 1/2 mug of water 

Crushed Gula Melaka

Method 
In a large wok, heat up the water than melt the palm sugar, salt and raw sugar; and put in knotted screwpine leaves.  Once the sugars have melted put in the grated coconut and stir till the water evaporates.  Remove once water has evaporated and the mixture is moist.  Keep it aside to cool and get started on the crepe.

Ingredients for the batter

Ingredients for the ketayap batter

• 12 pandan leaves - chopped
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon oil - I used olive oil
• Salt to taste, about 1/4 teaspoon salt

First put 1 cup of water and the chopped screwpine leaves into a blended and blend aways.  Than sift and keep aside.  Rinse the blender, put in the coconut milk, break the egg in the blended and give it a pulse or two. Put in the remainder ingredients and blend.  The batter is ready.

The ketayap batter

 I find using the blender saves a lot of time and it mixes the ingredients nicely.

Making the Crepe
Heat up a pan, melt some butter, pour a bit of batter, swirl the pan to make a thin crepe.  Cook for about a minute to a minute and a half, flip the other side and cook for about another minute.  Continue till all the batter is finished.

Ketayap Crepe

Putting it together
In the center top of the crepe, place a spoon full of the sweet coconut filling and wrap/fold the crepe.

Wrapping/folding the Kueh Katayap

Kueh Ketayap (Dadar) Final Product

After a Bite!!! Yummy!!!