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Kue Mento (Cakes Filled with Sweetmeat)

By: Yasa Boga


Ingredients:
Skin:
• 250 grams wheat flour
• salt, according to taste
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 500 cc thin coconut milk from ¼ coconut
• 1 tablespoon oil or melted margarine

Filling:
• 2 tablespoons oil, for stir-frying
• 100 cc thick coconut milk
• 300 grams minced meat
• salt and sugar, according to taste

Ground Spices:
• 5 shallots
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds, dry-fried
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds, dry-fried
• 1 teaspoon whole pepper, dry-fried

Wrapping:
• 3 pandan leaves, cut into 5-cm pieces
• 10 pandan or salam leaves
• banana leaves, for wrapping

Sauce:
• 500 cc thick coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon rice flour or wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

Preparations:
Skin: mix flour, salt and eggs. Stir while pouring in thin coconut milk until the batter is smooth. Add oil or melted margarine and stir well. Using a little batter at a time, fry into thin omelettes, each with a diameter of about 18 cm. Set aside.
Filling: Stir fry ground spices until fragrant. Remove and add coconut milk, minced meat, salt and sugar. Mix well. This filling has a rather sweet taste.
Sauce: mix all the ingredients well
• To Assemble: take 1 omelette sheet, place 1-2 tablespoons filling in the centre, fold the left and right sides of the omelette to the centre, and fold or roll to tuck in the other sides
• Take 2 pieces of banana leaves, add a piece of pandan or salam leaf, take 1 filled and folded omelette, add 2 tablespoons sauce, wrap and steam for about 45 minutes until done.

Yasa Boga

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