Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball)

Name: Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 30 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup glutinous rice flour; 3/4 cup lukewarm water (or coconut milk); 3 drops pandan paste (or green food coloring); 8 tbsp grated palm sugar; 1 cup fresh grated coconut; 1/2 tsp salt

Ria @miu4ppl3

Jakarta, Indonesia

its sweet and chewy :-)

Ria @miu4ppl3

Jakarta, Indonesia

its sweet and chewy :-)

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Ingredients

1 hour

30 servings

1 1/2 cupglutinous rice flour
3/4 cuplukewarm water (or coconut milk)
3drops pandan paste (or green food coloring)
8 tbspgrated palm sugar
1 cupfresh grated coconut
1/2 tspsalt

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Steps

1 hour

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
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makes 30 balls