Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball)
Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, klepon (sweet rice ball). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Klepon (sweet, Stuffed Rice Balls): The first time I tried Klepon I couldn't stop eating them; the chewy rice body coated in coconut with a sweet surprise in the center. Klepon are traditionally an Indonesian dessert (though I learned about them in Taiwan) wโ€ฆ Recipe: Klepon - Sweet rice balls stuffed with palm sugar. Klepon are Indonesian style rice balls, stuffed with palm sugar. Not only is klepon very delicious alongside your cup of tea or as a nice dessert after your lush rice table, but it also looks pretty good.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook klepon (sweet rice ball) using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball):
  1. Take 1 1/2 cup glutinous rice flour
  2. Take 3/4 cup lukewarm water (or coconut milk)
  3. Take 3 drops pandan paste (or green food coloring)
  4. Get 8 tbsp grated palm sugar
  5. Get 1 cup fresh grated coconut
  6. Take 1/2 tsp salt

The sticky, sweet and savoury ball originates in Indonesia and can be found in other neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. In Singapore and Malaysia, klepon is called ondeh-ondeh. This confuses me, because in Java, where I live, onde-onde is the name for another snack (fried balls filled with mungbean paste coated with sesame seed). Klepon is sweet balls are made from glutinous rice flour filled with melted palm sugar and coated with coconut flakes.

Steps to make Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball):
  1. mix coconut with salt and steam for 10 minutes
  2. in a bowl, mix glutinous rice flour with lukewarm water and pandan paste into a firm but flexible dough
  3. pull of one full teaspoon of the dough and shape it into a ball with approximately 1 inch in diameter
  4. push a finger into the center of the ball to make hole, put in 1/2 teaspoon of grated sugar. seal it and roll it back into ball with the palm of your hands
  5. prepare all the balls and set them aside
  6. prepare a pot half filled with water and bring it to boil
  7. drop the balls into boiling water. remove the balls once they float to the water surface and then roll it in grated coconut
  8. serve it at room temperature
  9. makes 30 balls

This confuses me, because in Java, where I live, onde-onde is the name for another snack (fried balls filled with mungbean paste coated with sesame seed). Klepon is sweet balls are made from glutinous rice flour filled with melted palm sugar and coated with coconut flakes. Klepon (Sticky Rice Ball Stuffed with Palm Sugar) was originally from Java in Indonesia. You can also find it in Singapore and Malaysia and it is called Onde Onde. It is made of glutinous rice flour with a sweet surprise inside, which is liquid palm sugar.

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