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I've been looking for a good cakoi recipe that doesn't use alum and ammonia. 1st I don't actually know where to get those things from, 2nd - ammonia (?? lye water) is actually banned from human consumption in most countries

I am going to try this recipe without condensed milk next time because we don't use condensed milk, so to buy a condensed milk just for this recipe is a bit OTT. As it is, this recipe produces nice Cakoi though. Thanks mamafami for another fantabulous recipe


Ingredients :

400 g flour

1 cup water

1 tablespoon margarine ~ melted

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon condensed milk

1 egg yolk

2 teaspoon dry instant yeast

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

oil for frying

Method :

1. Mix water, margarine, salt, sugar, condensed milk, egg yolk, yeast and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl. Stir well.

2. Add in flour, bit by bit till dough can be kneaded.

3. Knead till smooth and not sticky. Dough must be soft. Leave for half an hour, covered with damp cloth. But I prefer to wrap the container with the dough in a clean plastic bag.

4. Roll thin (+- 1/2 cm), if possible into a rectangle shape.

5. Cut to about 1 inch strips.

6. Dip a skewer into water and press a line on the strips.

7. Place one strip on top of the other, the lines to meet.

8. Heat oil. Stretch the strips slightly before putting in the oil

9. Fry till golden brown.

As usual, my BM version, dump everything in the bread maker, pizza setting and off it goes. Once completed, canai, bentuk as per the above instruction. This recipe makes quite a lot, we couldn't finished it in one sitting, so I shaped the cakoi, keep it the fridge and fry it the next morning. Te dough does rise a bit in the fridge but was still ok. Not sure if I can halve the recipe next time since it uses 1 egg yolk, how does one halve egg yolk LOL?