Seri Muka

Although I try as much as I can, not to eat dessert, I have a weakness for nyonya kuih and I will buy some and eat one piece whenever I come across them. One of my favourite nyonya kuih is Seri Muka:  A dessert with 2 layers; top: sweet green (from pandan leaves) custard layer; bottom: a slightly salty layer made with glutinous rice and coconut milk.

You have to eat both layers at the same time to savour the rich taste of eggy sweetness with a tinge of coconutty saltiness. Once I bought a piece of Seri Muka from a stall by the roadside but it was not tasty because the green layer has a gluey taste. After that I became very choosy and will only buy nyonya kuih from tried and tasted (tested) places. Do you have a favourite nyonya kuih?

MYR2.4 for two pieces in a pack - bought from the Melaka Corner stall in One Utama. These reminds me of Seri Muka made by Aroma Nyonya that is very tasty. 

This much smaller piece of Seri Muka (MYR1) is bought from Nyonya Colors and has a richer coconut milk taste. The blue colour in the bottom glutinous rice layer is from the flower (bunga telang) of the Clitoria ternatea plant (blue-pea plant). The brown piece of dessert next to it is Kole Kacang (MYR1).

This pack of Seri Muka (MYR2.60) is bought from Lulu Nyonya Kuih stall in Midvalley Megamall.

I like this dessert from this stall but for this particular pack, the green layer is too soft and the taste of egg is too strong until eating it gives me the shivers.

Just look at the sagging green layer.