Kueh Ulat Bulu

Ingredients

1 kg flour

200g QBB ghee

a pinch of salt

9 tbsp fine sugar

colorings
oil for deep frying

Directions

• combine flour and ghee until it forms crumbs
• slowly add water until dough can be shaped
• roll portion of dough into sausage shape and using zigzag craft scissors cut in strip to look like caterpillar
• deep fried caterpillars until crispy and put aside to cool

for sugar coating

• divide into 3 portions
• heat 3 tbsp sugar with a bit of water and cook till sugar is dissolved and solution is thick and bubbly
• pour in caterpillars and coat it well till sugar dries up... scoop up and leave to cool
• repeat with next batches but add few drops of green color and last one in yellow or red
• once cooled, just mix all together

Foodnote
Mum said this is her own creation because once upon a time her family was poor. So she just put few ingredients together and jeng jeng jeng... come up with this kueh ulat bulu for her younger siblings.

I remembered loving it as a kid (a cute one I must say :P). The colorful kueh, it's sweet taste and of course the quirky name. Hardly see this in other people's house during Raya so I feel proud to have it in mine because I like weird stuff I guess. Simple to make and the kids love it. I think my nieces and nephews are also weird like me har har...