Kueh Tutu is a delicate Singaporean steamed rice cake filled with sweet coconut or finely ground peanuts, shaped in wooden molds that leave intricate patterns on its soft white surface. Warm, fragrant, and tender, these little cakes are made to order at old-style carts where steam billows into the air, perfuming markets and night streets. Kueh Tutu is nostalgic, intimate, and deeply tied to the island’s hawker traditions, a dessert that disappears in two bites but lingers in memory.

Regional Roots

• Singapore