kueh salat

a kueh with a sweet pandan-flavoured coconut custard layer on top, and a slightly savoury glutinous rice layer below.

name meaning

singapore: kueh salat
- salat: possibly from silat, an old name from singapore which was derived from selat, malay for strait

peranakan: puteri salat
- puteri: malay for princess
- salat: possibly from silat, an old name from singapore which was derived from selat, malay for strait

malaysia: kuih seri muka
- seri: malay for radiant
- muka: malay for face

origin

malay/peranakan

main ingredients

- top layer: flour, eggs, sugar, coconut milk, pandan
- bottom layer: glutinous rice, coconut milk, salt, sugar, blue pea flower colouring

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