Khanom Puto (A Steamed Sweet Savory Coconut Muffin)

This is an Asian fusion recipe with the flavor of Thailand's Khanom Krok made in the style of a Filipino Puto Mamon. You can use a steamer, and some mini silicone muffin cups (if you don't have the proper puto making kit.)

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 30 mini muffins appx

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups plain flour
• 1⁄3 cup  desiccated coconut
• 1  tablespoon baking powder
• 1  egg
• 200  ml sugar
• 250  ml coconut milk
• 1⁄2 cup coconut cream
• 1⁄8 teaspoon sugar
• 1  teaspoon glutinous-rice flour
• 1  teaspoon cornflour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup  sweet corn
• 6  dried anchovies or 12  dried shrimp, cut and pounded to a dust
• 1  sprig  garlic chives, finely chopped

Directions

1. MUFFINS: Mix together the 1 1/3 cup of flour, dessicated coconut, baking powder, egg, sugar and coconut milk to make a smooth batter.
2. Pour the batter to half fill the mini silicone muffin cups.
3. Steam the muffins for 5 minutes,.
4. TOPPING: Mix together the 1/2 cup coconut CREAM, glutinous rice flour, corn flour, sugar, salt to make the coconut cream topping.
5. Take the Muffins at 5 minutes and smear evenly with a small teaspoonful of coconut cream topping mixture, and then sprinkle with dried anchovies dust, corn kernels and garlic chives, then return to steamer for additional 3 minutes.
6. Lift from steamer, release gently from silicone molds and serve.