Pichi-Pichi or Cassava Kutsinta

Pichi-pichi is a very nice name for a dessert, isn't it? It's only now that I'm in Australia that I got acquainted with pichi-pichi. I know it as cassava kutsinta.

This recipe inspired me to make pichi-pichi today. Oh, and my sister Lhie (she lives in Sydney). She was going to make some and I said, I will make some as well so that we will have pichi-pichi together. She was the one who found the pichi-pichi recipe on the net and very kindly shared the link with me. Just looking at the recipe, I thought it would be very sweet for my taste buds so I did a bit of tweaking. And I used the ingredients that's available in our area. At the moment we are into pandan, so i made the one with the pandan flavoured. Lucky I still have some pandan essence from the supplies my sister brought over from Sydney, and also some I bought from Melbourne.

You might like to check this recipe, if you don't want to make pandan flavoured pichi-pichi.

Ingredients:

450 g of frozen grated cassava

1/2 cup of white sugar

1 1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp lye water

1/2 tsp pandan essence

dessicated coconut or freshly grated coconut

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, mix cassava, water and sugar thoroughly.
2. Add the lye water and continue mixing.
3. Add the pandan essence, and yes, continue mixing.
4. Fill the moulds 3/4 full with the mixture.
5. Steam between 25 to 45 minutes.
6. Cool before removing from the moulds. Run a knife on the side of the moulds to remove them.
7. Roll the pichi-pichi onto the grated coconut. I used dessicated coconut as we rarely see fresh coconut in our supermarket here.