Shell Cookies (Kuih Siput)
Shell cookies is one of the easy-to-make cookies which I always make. It is usually made during Eid. The cookies are usually flavored with curry mix and curry leaves and has a crunchy texture like the curry puff seal. But my family version of shell cookies is soft, like of a tart pastry. Apart from flavoring it with curry mix, we can also make it plain or coat it with sugar syrup. The mold A few weeks ago I just watched a video on how to make fresh pasta at home. One of the pasta shape resemble this cookie. And the method to shape it is same too. Here we use the equipment to make cookies and in Italy it is used to make pasta. So I was right when I thought of making pasta by using the mold of kuih siput a month ago. We call the mold as 'acuan kuih siput' (shell cookies mold). Shell cookies mold. There are four basic ingredients used to make shell cookies which are all purpose flour, margarine or butter, salt and water. If the margarine or bu...