Recipe :Mua Chee

Mua chee is a Malaysian-Chinese snack supposey originated from Penang, but some people say it originate in China.

Mua chee is made with small lumps of glutinous rice dough coated with a grounded peanut sugar mixture, soft and chewy kind of like the Japanese Mochi except unlike the Japanese Mocho that comes in a variety of flavours in the centre.. The flavours for Mua Chee is just the grounded peanut sugar coating.

Mua chee is not too hard to make. Best eaten within few hours at room temperature, if keep in the fridge the dough texture will turn hard.

Ingredients:

dough batter:
200g glutinous rice or sticky rice flour
1 tsp of sugar
Pinch of salt
250 ml water
2 tbsp cooking oil

150g roasted peanuts (grounded)
75g sugar

Mix the glutinous rice flour, water and oil in a microwavable bowl and microwave for 3 - 4 minutes. The outcome is a sticky white paste.

Pour the roasted peanut/sugar mix into another bowl. Cut the sticky paste into small cubes and coat them with the mix..

Happy trying!!!