Ongol-ongol (mung bean cake with coconut)

Name: Ongol-ongol (mung bean cake with coconut)
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100 g hun kwe (mung bean flour); 200 g palm / brown sugar; 750 ml water; Vanilla essence; Grated coconut for toppings

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There are many ways of making ongol-ongol, you can use sago flour, tapioca flour or mung bean flour (hun kwe)

And this one is made of hun kwe, very simple and easy

There are many ways of making ongol-ongol, you can use sago flour, tapioca flour or mung bean flour (hun kwe)

And this one is made of hun kwe, very simple and easy

Good Food Journey @goodfoodjourney2020

There are many ways of making ongol-ongol, you can use sago flour, tapioca flour or mung bean flour (hun kwe)

And this one is made of hun kwe, very simple and easy

There are many ways of making ongol-ongol, you can use sago flour, tapioca flour or mung bean flour (hun kwe)

And this one is made of hun kwe, very simple and easy

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Ingredients

15mins

8 servings

100 ghun kwe (mung bean flour)
200 gpalm / brown sugar
750 mlwater
Vanilla essence
Grated coconut for toppings

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Steps

15mins

1

Steam the coconut for approx 10 mins and add a little salt once it's steamed, then set aside
2

Place a pot on the stove with medium heat, pour 500ml water and sugar, and cook until the sugar dissolved. Don't forget to add the vanilla essence
3

Use the remaining 250ml water to dilute hun kwe in a cup before adding it to the pot
4

Keep stirring the mixture until the texture is thickened and colour becomes transparent, almost similar to a glue
5

Once it's thickened and boiled, remove from the stove and transfer the mixture to go glass container and add the grated coconut on the top
6

You can also roll a spoon sized of the mixture directly into the grated coconut, do it until all the mixture is finished
7

Let it cool down before serving. Enjoy!