Kue talam

Photo: S Kartika, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kue talam

쿠에 탈람

Indonesian coconut tray cake

About this dish

Kue talam is an Southeast Asia or traditional steamed snack made of a rice flour, coconut milk and other ingredients in a mold pan called talam which means "tray". The cake mold used to create kuih talam are either larger rectangular aluminium tray or smaller singular cups made from ceramics, aluminium, melamine or plastic. Kue talam and its variations are commonly found in various Southeast Asian regional cuisine traditions; from the Indonesia region, these consist of Betawi, Minang, Malay, Batak, Sundanese, Javanese, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. Kuih talam was introduced by the Sino-Burmese to Lower Myanmar, where it is known as kway talan (ကွေတာလန်း). Kuih talam usually has two layers; the top one is white made from savoury creamy coconut milk, while the bottom one is coloured according to each variant's recipe.

Description: Wikipedia — Kue talam, CC BY-SA 4.0

No recipe yet

Cooked this dish before? Share the first recipe.

More dishes from Indonesia

View all