"Mum, u bought the soon kueh powder, are u thinking of making soon kueh?" I asked during breakfast. "Ya lor, thought of making, but must see got time or not, why not we make it today?" Mum says. "Ok, onz. What else do you need? I go buy." This is the start of our day of making soon kueh - something that i have been pestering mum to teach me for a long time...
We finished our lunch at 2pm and went about cutting the 豆干 into small cubes. After which, mum went on to fry all the ingredients. Hakka soon kueh is different from the ones that we normally buy and eat. Outside, they only sell the turnip ones but traditional hakka soon kueh's ingredients is actually 豆干 and 蒜 with minced meat. So different from the normal ones which i like to eat.
Making the dough is the most difficult part. One person has to help to pour the flour slowly into the water while another person has to stir continuously. Finally, when the mixture is ready, have to knead the dough untill smooth. I watched as mum knead the dough with all her strength. My god, eating is easy but look at all the effort behind it.When the dough mixture is ready, mum taught me how to roll into small cups for the fillings. Hey, its not easy at all. The dough have to roll untill very thinly and transparent so that it will not be so thick when eating. The best part is it must be even and not broken if not the fillings would drop out and the shape will not be nice. Mum's soon kueh is very nice. Mine is just acceptable. Haha:)
