Gandum, or wheat porridge, is a popular Nyonya sweet broth. It is often made to be taken during afternoon tea. In some families, the gandum is served in Nyonya porcelain ware, and taken with a selection of Nyonya kuih and tea. It is one of my favorite Nyonya sweet broth when growing up.
Gandum is one of the easier sweet broths to make. Below I will describe to you the steps required.
The raw gandum, or wheat grains (13 April 2013)
Recipe for making Gandum
Utensils
Basin
Pot
Ingredients
300g gandum
200ml santan (coconut milk)
100g brown sugar
One pandan leaf
A pinch of salt
Soaking the gandum overnight (13 April 2013)
Steps
Leave the gandum to soak in water in a basin overnight. As it absorbs water, the wheat grains will expand.
The next day, cook the gandum in a pot of water to a depth of 3 inches. Put one knotted pandan leaf in to enhance the aroma. Put the broth on high heat and boil it for 5 minutes, then continue to simmer at low heat until the wheat grains become big and soft, about 30 minutes. Add brown sugar and stir until it is fully dissolved. Adjust the sweetness to your liking. Similarly add hot water to the pot to adjust the thickness of the broth.
Near the end stage of the cooking process, add santan, stir until it mixes well and let it boil for 30 seconds, then the gandum is ready to be served. Gandum can be served hot or cold (though I prefer hot).
Gandum in pot before cooking (13 April 2013)
Gandum boiling in the pot (13 April 2013)
Gandum cooked (13 April 2013)
Private Guided Tours of Penang
If you are seeking private guided tours of Penang, message Penang Tour Guides at penangtourguides@gmail.com and enquire with them.
Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang
Do you have a property for sale or to rent out? Are you looking to buy or rent a property? Get in touch with me. WhatsApp me (Timothy Tye) at 012 429 9844, and I will assign one of my property agents to serve you. I will choose the agent for you, according to your property needs. So when you message me, provide me some details of what you need, whether to sell, to buy, to rent or to rent out, and what type of property, is it condo, apartment, house, shop, office or land.
Adakah anda mempunyai hartanah untuk dijual atau disewakan? Adakah anda ingin membeli atau menyewa hartanah? Hubungi saya. WhatsApp saya (Timothy Tye) di 012 429 9844, dan saya akan menugaskan salah seorang ejen hartanah saya untuk berkhidmat kepada anda. Saya akan pilih ejen untuk anda, mengikut keperluan hartanah anda. Oleh itu, apabila anda menghantar mesej kepada saya, berikan saya beberapa butiran tentang apa yang anda perlukan, sama ada untuk menjual, untuk membeli, untuk disewakan atau untuk disewakan, dan jenis hartanah apakah itu kondo, pangsapuri, rumah, kedai, pejabat atau tanah.
Let me take you to explore and discover Penang through my series of walking tours on YouTube. You may use these videos as your virtual tour guide. At the beginning of each video, I provide the starting point coordinates which you may key into your GPS, Google Maps or Waze, to be navigated to where I start the walk, and use the video as your virtual tour guide.
Disclaimer
Please use the information on this page as guidance only. The author endeavours to update the information on this page from time to time, but regrets any inaccuracies if there be any.
Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.