Kuih Bangkit (Tapioca Cookies)

Kuih Bangkit - In Malay "bangkit" is rise. So literally "kuih bangkit" is translated as "rising cake or rising cookies".

Kuih bangkit, a powdery sweet cookie seemed very easy to make but is in fact very challenging.  To get the melt-in-the-mouth effect is no small feat.  The tapioca flour [some uses sago or arrowroot flour] has to be pan fried with pandan [screwpine] leaves until light and fluffy.  The egg and sugar mixture is hand whipped with a spring beater until light and frothy before the cooked flour and freshly squeezed coconut milk are added to the mix.  It is then kneaded to form a soft pliable dough that is not too moist or dry.  It sounds easy, right?  Grandma and Grand Aunt certainly made it look easy but try recreating it in your modern kitchen and you will agree that this “not-too-moist-or-dry” thing is almost a fluke shot.