Kuih Keria

My cousin, Aliya came over to my house yesterday from JB. I planned to go to One Utama to shop for new office clothes and send my hp to the Maxis centre (the bloody thing cant send nor receive MMS.) It turned out both of us were so lazy to move our bum and ended up staying home.. So, ive decided to make my infamous(?) keria for tea. :)

I wanna give you a decent recipe but honestly i've never made anything according to exact measurements. Intuition, ladies (or gents), intuition is the way to go.

Dough

Sweet potato

Flour

A pinch of salt

Boil the sweet potatoes until they become tender. This is important so that u wont break ur fingers while trying to mesh them. Peel the skin and mesh the sweet potatoes to pulp. Carefully add in flour little by little while mixing them until the mix becomes less sticky. Add in the salt. Shape the flour to small rings. What I did was to shape it into a small ball, press it a bit and poke a hole through it, CAREFULLY. :p

Ugly. I know. Wait for it......

Fry them in oil until they turn brownish. Put them aside.

Sugar coat

Castor/icing sugar

Water

The quantity of sugar should be the same as the water. Put the water in another clean pan and add the sugar. Keep stirring the sugar water until it is foaming, thick and the sugar starts to cystallize. Just throw in the fried kerias and mix them well. Place them on newspaper or paper towel and wait for the sugar to dry.

Voila! kyopji? :)

Our tea. Teh o panas, my mom's butter cake and my keria. Delish!

Credit to Aliya for the perfect frying and sugar coating. :)