Bubur gandum or Bubur terigu is one of Malaysians favourite dessert.

Bubur Gandum 

Also known as Bubur Terigu can be loosely translated as Sweet Wheat Porridge.

What is Bubur?

Bubur is a soupy based dessert usually made from boiling legumes like mung beans, red beans or these wheat pearls until soft.
Sugar and coconut cream were added at the end of the cooking process.

How to cook Bubur gandum?

 




1. Wash and rinse wheat pearls at least 3 times.
Soak them preferably overnight.

2. Drain off the water and give it another rinse before boiling.

 







3. Use a medium size saucepan, add soaked wheat pearls, water and pandan leaves.

4. Add water and bring to boil then let it simmer










5. Once the wheat pearls are soft, add sugar, coconut cream and salt.


6. Optional: add extra water if you prefer not to have very thick porridge.

How to keep leftover Bubur Gandum?

Best keep any leftover bubur gandum in an air tight container in the fridge.

We are adding coconut milk to the bubur that may go bad if left outside at room temperature.

Other Malaysians favourite dessert

Bubur Cha-cha
Sweet honeydew drink
Cendol

Video on How to make Bubur Gandum

What was published on 18th March 2016

 is something that I miss from home....
Ironic... living in a country where wheat is one of the staples, yet I can't find polished wheat pearls in our local grocer.

I once, jumped with joy... thinking that I finally get to eat this childhood sweet treat, when I saw a packet labelled "Job's tear" (if I am not mistaken...) and there was 'Wheat' written somewhere on the packaging, at our local Asian grocer,

With failing eyesight, furthermore, its more than 12 years that I haven't seen wheat grain up close... thinking Job's tear could deliver... how wrong was I?
It turnout that Job's tear was just Barley :(.

It was months later that I found the 'real deal' :P from another Asian grocer, south of the river.

Bubur gandum/ Sweet wheat porridge is one of many Malaysians favourite afternoon delites. Its thick, its sweet and creamy.... and its addictive :P.

My husband and I, grew up with this kind of dessert, we savoured every spoonful, whereby the kids... were like... 'meh'

its ok ... more for us ;p