Sweet Potato "pink ku kueh" ( 喜板）

Ingredients
300 g sweet potatoes ( steamed and mashed)
600g flour
150g glutinous rice flour
250g brown sugar
2 tsp dried yeast
450 ml warm water
some oil
some banana leaves ( cut into circular shapes)

Preparation
1. Mix flour, glutinous rice flour, sugar and yeast in a big container.
2. Add water slowly and knead into a dough.







3. Add in the mashed sweet potatoes and continue to knead to form a soft and smooth dough.







4. Cover with a piece of damp cloth and set aside to proof for 2-3 hours.













5. Divide the dough into 25 portions. Put a bit of oil on the palm and roll each dough into a round shape ball.
6. Place it on the banana leave which is greased with a bit of oil.
7. Set aside for 15 minutes for it to rise.






8. Steam over high flame for 15 minutes.









9. Sweet potato makes this "pink ko kueh" soft and no colouring is required as the natural orange colour is very nice.

*"pink ko kueh" is the name of this "kueh" which is known to my children as it is normally pink in colour.

Note : Pumpkin "ko kueh" could be done the same way except that water is reduced to 200ml as pumpkin is very wet and watery after steamed. Bear in mind that pumpkin is not as sweet as sweet potato, I normally add extra 50g sugar.