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Klepon: Glutinous Rice Balls with Palm Sugar Filling (Vegan)

Klepon: Glutinous Rice Dough Balls with Palm Sugar Filling (Vegan)

  • Author: Nunuk Sri Rahayu
  • Prep Time: 35 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Boiling
  • Cuisine: Indonesian
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

Klepon, a popular snack, are little green balls made of glutinous rice flour, filled with palm sugar and coated in grated coconut. A delicious sweet treat, known as ondeh-ondeh in Singapore and Malaysia.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 cup grated coconut
  • 200 gr glutinous rice flour
  • 1 tbsp tapioca flour
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 160 ml hot water
  • 3 drops green food colouring
  • 50 gr palm sugar, finely shaved
  • Water for boiling
  • 2 pandan leaves

Instructions

  1. Mix the grated coconut with ¼ tsp salt, and then steam for about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  2. Using a spoon, mix well: the glutinous flour, tapioca flour and ¼ tsp salt, in a bowl.
  3. Add the green food colouring to the hot water, mix well.
  4. Add the hot water (which should now be green) to the flour mixture little by little while mixing it with a tablespoon. Make sure not to add too much water to avoid watery dough.Add the hot green water to the flour little by little
  5. Knead the dough using your hand until the dough is smooth and there are no more sticky bits of flour.Continue to knead the dough
  6. Take a little bit of the dough and roll it to form a small ball, then press into it using your thumb. Add the palm sugar and then close it tightly. Roll it again into a smooth ball. You’re done with one ball – now set it aside.
    Add the palm sugar into the dough
  7. Roll several such more balls until you’ve used up all the dough and the palm sugar.
  8. Fill a cooking pan with water and add the pandan leaves. Bring to a boil.Fill a cooking pan with water and add the pandan leaves
  9. Add all the balls and cook until they float (around 8 minutes).
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    Add all the balls and cook until they float
  10. When they float, continue cooking for around 3 minutes so that the sugar melts.
  11. Drain the balls until there’s no more water dripping.Drain the balls until there’s no more water dripping.
  12. Roll the balls in the grated coconut to coat them.Roll the balls into the grated coconut.
  13. Transfer the balls to a serving plate.

Notes

  • Finely shave the palm sugar so it won’t break the dough when it’s boiled and the sugar will nicely melt.
  • Make sure to close the dough securely to avoid breaking it up.
  • Steaming grated coconut is optional, and allows you to keep the klepon without the coconut  getting rancid. However, if the klepon is going to be consumed immediately, fresh coconut tastes much better.

Keywords: Ondeh-Ondeh, Gula Melaka, Gula Jawa, sweet

Find it online: https://www.cookmeindonesian.com/klepon-glutinous-rice-balls-with-palm-sugar-filling-vegan/