DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Kuih Penyaram
Also known as: Pinjaram
Sweet palm-sugar fritters with a spongy domed centre and crisp curled edges.
About Kuih Penyaram
Kuih penyaram are sweet fritters with a domed centre and crisp curled edges. Cik Mala’s Sarawak rendition uses rice flour and plain flour with gula apong palm sugar.
The centre has a soft, spongy texture, while the thin outer edge provides a crisp contrast. Palm sugar gives the fritters a deep sweetness, and their uneven dome-and-rim shape makes each piece distinctive.
They are small individual sweets suited to snacking. Coconut cream powder is optional in this rendition, adding another flavour to the palm-sugar batter.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kuih Penyaram
Cik Mala's Sarawak kuih penyaram.
- Rice flourBase
- Plain flourBase
- Coconut cream powderBase · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Gula apong palm sugarSweetener
- SugarSweetener
- Frying oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Rice flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual10.
- Plain flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual11 specifically plain flour, Wheat positive; not generic bare flour.
- Coconut cream powder (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual12 explicitly optional; creator41 identifies serbuk santan and again permits omission. Full product formula unknown; no milk-caseinate or allergen absence inference.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 hot water syrup;18 hot syrup used in flour mixture.
- Gula apong palm sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual15 explicitly Gula Apong/palm sugar, broad palm-sugar candidate; not forced coconut sugar.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual16 adjustment to taste; generic Sugar form unspecified, still required actual syrup component.
- Frying oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual21 literal oil for wok frying; botanical identity unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Malaysia
- BruneiCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Sarawak
- Bruneian CuisineCatalogue link pending review