Ingredients

• 400 ml - thick coconut milk
• 5 - eggs
• 200 gms - sugar
• 5 - cardamom pods
• 120 gms - raw rice
• Salt - a pinch
• A few almonds or cashew - to garnish
• Ghee or butter - to grease the pan

How to Make Koeksisters

• Soak the raw rice in warm water for 1 hour, grind it with little bit of water to make it into a smooth paste.
• For coconut milk if you are using fresh coconut, take the first set of milk or if you are using powder follow the package instructions to get thick coconut milk.
• Beat egg, sugar and coconut milk together with a beater until they are mixed together well and the sugar is completely dissolved, add salt to it and then add the ground rice and mix well.
• The mixture should be like a pouring custard consistency.
• Powder the seeds of the cardamom and add it to the mixture.
• Grease a round cooker pan or similar to that which you can use in the cooker, pour the mixture, place a plate on top of it, keep it inside the cooker with water.
• The water level in the cooker should be just below the pan. Steam in the cooker without whistle for 30 minutes.
• Insert a knife or skewer to check if it's cooked. The skewer should come out clean.
• Take it out from the cooker, allow it cool a bit, cut it down into slices, garnish with cashew or almonds.
• Recipe Courtesy: Taste of Pearl City