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Num Chak Chol

Fry Rice Flour with Glutinous Rice Flour Dessert is one of the most popular street food desserts in Cambodia, made of rice flour mixed with glutinous rice, sugar, palm sugar, egg, and water. Some prefer coconut milk over water or mix both water and coconut milk to add a more creamy flavour to the cake.
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Prep Time 5 hours
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, Cambodian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Batter
  • 250 g rice flour
  • 100 g glutinous rice flour
  • 80 g palm sugar
  • 120 g sugar
  • 1 egg ( room temperature )
  • 250 ml water
  • 1 cup vegetable oil ( for frying )
Yeast mixture
  • 1/2 tsp instant yeast
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 20 ml lukewarm water

Method
 

Batter mixture:
  1. First, combine rice flour and glutinous rice in a large mixing bowl. 
  2. Gradually add water and mix using hand or a strong spatula to combine.
  3. Then use hand to knead the dough for 2 minutes.
  4. Crack one room temperature egg onto the dough and mix.
  5. Add sugar and combine until it is dissolved. At this point, the dough turned into the batter as the sugar melted.
  6. Add palm sugar and mix until dissolves. Note: adding palm sugar helps to soften the cake.
  7. Then use a mixer to mix for 5 minutes.
  8. Cover the batter with plastic wrap and place it in the warm oven with the temperature of 38ºC - 40ºC to ferment the batter for 4 - 5 hours.
  9. After 4 hours, take the batter out of the oven.
Yeast mixture:
  1. While the batter is fermenting, and 15 minutes before taking it out of the oven, let prepare the yeast mixture.
  2. In a measuring cup, add instant yeast, sugar, lukewarm water and stir.
  3. Let it stand for 5 - 10 minutes or until it starts to foam.
Batter and yeast:
  1. Take the batter out of the oven,
  2. Pour the yeast mixture into the batter bowl and stir to combine.
  3. Again, cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and put it back into the warm oven ( 38ºC - 40ºC ) for another 30 minutes.
Frying:
  1. Place a round shape wok over medium heat, add 1 cup of vegetable oil and wait until the oil is hot.
  2. Test with a small drop of batter to make sure if the oil is hot.
  3. Use a small glass to pour the batter into the hot oil, and wait until it is cooked through.
  4. Place them on the cooling rack and serve!
  5. Enjoy!