Sotong Pulut a.k.a Ketupat Sotong

As far that I remember, I never tried or ever eat Ketupat Sotong. I know lah it exist and quite well known at the East Coast. Plus, Umie never cook it for us nor I see her buy it. So there's a lot of reason that I am not keen to know how to do it. To my suprise, Hubby loves it very much as Ma always cook Ketupat Sotong for his family (MIL such a Master Kuih in this world I tell you).

Makanya, saya pun mahu lah belajarkan tp Hubby wants to do it plak. I know the basic ingredients by guessing and everytime I explain the process, he'll go like this 'Bukannn...' 'Takk...Ma buat lain' 'Eh..I know tau' 'Salah la..kne taruk *this* and *that*'. I give up.

Tengok orang gigih ^__^

Main ingredients:
- Santan pekat (3 cawan)
- Beras Pulut (1 pot) - ni pon lebih rasanya
- Sotong (Ktorang beli 1kg size besar. So dlm 6 ekor kalau tak silap)
- Gula Melaka (besar ibu jari)
- Garam (setengah sudu kecik) - kire secukup rasa la
- Daun Pandan (2 helai)

Cara-caranya adalah (wah rasa mcm dlm tv :P)

1. Basuh beras pulut. Rendam beras pulut dalam santan for an hour.

2. Put only the beras inside sotong. Letak half from the sotong. Sampai kat sayap dia.



3. Kalau suke kepala sotong, place it back inside and cucuk ngn lidi.

4. Jadinya macam ni

5. Then taruk air (agak2 paras sotong tu) and didihkan atas api

6. Da menggelegak dan pulut dah masak (agak2 je le pulut tu dah masak, lepas 10 minit ke) baru taruk santan (guneje santan yang rendam beras td). Tak pon tunggu je air tu dah kering separuh.

7. Slowkan api

8. Mendidih dah kuah. Hubby suruh let it be je atas tu but I prefer to keep on kacau sebab takut santan jd ketul

9. Tambah garam, gula melaka and daun pandan bila da macam nak pekat

10. Angkat and siap!!

Ma ajar sotong tu rebus dulu ngan air (Step 5) sebab tak nak santan tu pecah minyak kalau letak santan terus. Kalau pecah minyak nnt jadi tak sedap (tatau la tak sedap cam mane, tak penah rasa). Hehe. Hubby saya buat sedap woooo...Angah, Kak Jah and Along try and jd our unbias critic (ceceh). Siap Kak Jah and Along tak caya die buat sebab rasa sama macam Ma buat. Haha. Kalau Hubby saya rajin-rajin masak menda lain pun best gak nie. Heheeeeeee..

ps: Ma kata kalau suke, taruk halba. Stengah orang suke. Stengah orang tak (macam Hubby saye :P)