Serikaya

This is a lovely steamed cake from Alor. The friend who gave me the recipe complained that she could not find kenari nuts in London and had tried replacing them with ground peanuts; the result, however, had not been very satisfactory. We decided to try almonds instead, and it tasted delicious. Her husband is from Alor; she herself is a Minangkabau from West Sumatra, like me, and when she gave me the recipe she pointed out that it was quite different from the Serikaya we had both been used t