Comments on: Bunga Telang – Blue pea – Clitoria flower – Food dye

By: Bipartisan Dough | Bay Area Bites

Bipartisan Dough | Bay Area Bites — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:31:10 +0000

[...] I turned to local writer and cooking teacher, Linda Tay Esposito, for a small handful of bunga telang, the petals of dried clitoria flowers that are used to color sweet rice and other desserts in [...]

By: vkeong

vkeong — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:01:21 +0000

Oh.. I didn’t know that kueh is called Pulut Ta Tai.. I just call blue color cake with kaya lol. Used to eat it when I was small as breakfast.. it has been years since I last ate one..

By: in

in — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:09:19 +0000

Actually, you don’t need to live in a kampong to have bunga telang, I live in Subang Jaya, in a terrace house and I have bunga telang growing on my fence! They grow really really fast, faster than weeds! Actually you don’t need a fence, you can just grow it on the ground, it won’t creep so much if there is no place for it to ‘climb’. However, you won’t get as many flowers. If anyone wants a plant, feel free to let me know (self collection-lah).

By: Joann

Joann — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:29:34 +0000

My Grandma used to collect Bunga Telang flowers, she would rinsed the flowers to get rid of whatever dirt. Then blot it dry and plucked the petals until she gets about a cup or 1 1/2 cup of the petals. She would then pound the petals finely in her old reliable mortar and pestle. Do not add any water, after which when it is finely pounded sqeeze hard with your fingers to extract the juice. After all the hardwork, you can only get a tablespoon of the indigo colour juice!

By: JENCOOKS

JENCOOKS — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:55:25 +0000

Whew! that was a natural nice keuh; looks naturally yummy…