PIE TEE/TOP HATS

One of my colleagues has been asking me about how to make pie tee. I told her that she needs to have the mold  to make the shells for pie tee.

brass pie tee mold

Mind you  it is time consuming to make the pie tee shells. It needs a lot of patient. but when you put that snack in your mouth... Mmm all the effort is worth it. Here is the recipe

PIE TEE

Ingredients for the 

Pie tee shell batter

200 g rice flour

1 tbsp corn starch

1 small egg

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbsp oil

180 ml water

Method

1.  Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl to make a thin batter.

2. Heat up half  a kuali of oil and heat up the mold in the oil too.

3. Dip the mold 3/4 way into the batter.

4.Next put the mold back into the oil to cook the batter.

5.Jiggle the mold  , the batter should dislodge from the mold.

6.It should turn crispy after awhile.

7. Take it out and drain on a wire rack.

8. Let the shells cool down before keeping in an airtight container.

use a skewer to dislodge the shell

need to control fire... oil must not be too hot or else you get this

not nice to eat... bitter

this is a better one even though  it is not perfect

pie tee shells are all ready to be filled with cooked yam bean

 The two main ingredients for pie tee will be yam bean/Jicama or sengkuang. 

Next julienne the two root vegetables. I used 2 medium size yam bean an one carrot.

 Put 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok, saute 1 tbsp of garlic until fragrance.Then  throw in the vegetables and fry until the vegetables are soft,season with salt, sugar and pepper according to your taste.

Dish out and garnish with spring onions.

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Happy cooking