KUIH KAPIT...

ONE of the things that i miss most about chinese new year is KUIH KApit...(kuei neng keng) those love letters with chocolate n strawberry flavour that are sold in the big big supermarket are still 1 level below kuih kapit made by those aunty aunty at home..without kuei neng keng, CNY memang no mood..so..hmm..after the biskut kacang, i decided to try making..haha...

annonymous: what is this medical student doing? jiak pa siu eng bo kang jo ar??noneed study ka..

me: haha..dats the thing..NONEED!!!

CNY lei..

Again, i go look for the kuih kapit recipe in one of my favourite blog makcik makcik...they never fail 2 giv me superb recipes..
MAJOR PROBLEM..kuih kapit without kapiter?

where 2 find kapiter here in uk? summore need the 1 with dragon carving 1..the only kapiter i heard of is the 1 own by my dearest fren helen ( a garfield pillow that she use 2 kapit her legs while sleeping, given the name Kapita)

takpa la..tak cuba tak tau..

first trial..
end up like pancake..super thick n super soft...as soon as the teeth in contact with the "kuih kapit gagal", can feel the kelembikan and got juice come out sumore...
NO NO NO NO NO..this is not the homely feeling kuih kapit..how 2 make it crunchy?
TING...aha..on bigger fire..

2nd try:
ou no..the outer layer hangus..inner layer lembik..n it cook before i got the time to make a circle with the batter..so end up thick oso...FAIL..

3rd try:
smaller fire..TUNGGU SAMPAI TUA...the colour remain white white, not attractive at all..lack of the outer brown layer..hmm..but roughly there, cos if cook till sunset, shud b able 2 get the crunchyness..

4th try:- SUCCESS!!!
First, remove the pan from the fire..so that the pan cool down a little..but the hob remain super hot..then one hand hold the pan, depending in which is your dominant hand. then the other hand pour in the batter..One nanosecond after you pour in, turn the pan in circular motion at a speed of 120 turns/min. This is to get a thin spread out layer. then quickly place on the hob as soon as ur turning have no effect on the batter.

peep at the bottom part of the kuih 2 get the right colour. then flip it over. as soon as flipped over, turn the fire small, to giv it time to dry up ---> CRUNCHY!!!

Then, you can either fold it into 4 (for pemalas) or roll it (which will cause loss of epithelium in short term and long term effect mayb skin cancer)

soo..i only roll enough to take this picture...