Lepat Pisang (Steamed Banana)

I been wanting to make this for a long time but didn't have the time to go to Grand Rapids to buy more banana leaves. I still can't over the fact that I have to buy banana leaves. My mommy would laugh her butt off if I told her I had to buy banana leaves to make lepat pisang. It was a raining day on Saturday on Izuan farewell BBQ party and it went really nice with a cup of nescafe. :)

Recipe: Lepat Pisang
adapt: My Nenek

Things you need...

banana leaves
about 15 pisang emas
2 tbsp of gula melaka or regular sugar is fine
2 tbsp of unbleached flour
2 tbsp of tapioca flour
2 tbsp of corn starch
a pinch of salt

Step 1:
Get your steamer ready. While waiting for the water to boil, mash all the bananas in a bowl. Add gula melaka, flour, tapioca flour, corn starch, salt and mix well. Set aside.

Step 2:
Cut the banana leaves into a rectangle about 15cm X 10 cm. You don't have to be accurate on this. Soak the banana leaves in boiling water for a couple of seconds. Just enough to soften it so that it can be work with easily. Then wipe it off with a dish towel or paper towel.

Step 3:
Take 1 banana leaf and add about 1 to 2 tbsp of the mash banana mixture right in the center. Fold the 2 ends of banana leaf like you would fold a letter covering the the banana mixture and carefully tuck under the left and right end of the banana leaf. There... you got yourself a cute banana packet! :)
Repeat step 3 until you are all out of banana mixture.

Step 4:
Place the banana packets on the steamer and steam for about 10 to 15 minutes depending on how big your banana packets are. Serve warm with a nice cup of nescafe.
Enjoy...

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