Recipe: Yummy Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue)

Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue). Klepon (pronounced Klē-pon), or kelepon, is a traditional Southeast Asian green-coloured balls of rice cake filled with liquid palm sugar and coated in grated coconut, originating from Indonesia. The sweet glutinous rice balls is one of popular Indonesian kue, and it is commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue) Klepon is one of market munchies, famous in Indonesia and neighboring countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei).

It is one of the most popular Indonesian traditional snacks and commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. Klepon is actually Javanese name for this sweet glutinous rice balls. Klepon is traditionally coloured green with a paste made from the leaf of pandan or the dracaena plant (daun suji) — whose leaves are used widely in Southeast Asian cooking. You can have Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue) using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue)

1. You need 1 cup of grated coconut.
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
3. You need 1 tsp of sugar.
4. It's 3 strips of pandan leaves, about 10 cm, bruised (optional, but it does make the coconut smell sweeter).
5. Prepare 1 cup of + 2 tbsp glutinous rice flour.
6. It's 1/4 cup of rice flour.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
8. It's 1/4 tsp of pandan paste (it depends on the strength of the paste, so I suggest you add bit by bit).
9. You need 50 gram of palm sugar (the solid type), cut carefully into cubes/splinters.
10. It's of Water for boiling the klepon.

Kue berbentuk bulat, berwarna hijau dan dibalut parutan kelapa ini cukup populer di Indonesia. Kue klepon merupakan camilan tradisional yang cukup mudah dijumpai di beberapa daerah di Indonesia. •. Klepon sendiri sebenarnya termasuk kue tradisional Indonesia. Ciri khasnya terletak pada bentuknya yang bulat, berwarna hijau dan ditaburi kelapa parut di bagian atasnya.

Klepon (Traditional Indonesian Kue) instructions

1. Mix grated coconut with salt and sugar and pandan leaves. Steam for about ten minutes. Remove the leaves. Set to cool..
2. Combine glutinous rice flour, rice flour, water, and pandan paste. Knead until you can easily form balls with it. If it is too sticky, add more rice flour, if too solid, add more water..
3. Boil water in a pan. Carefully form a ball and then flatten it. Add the palm sugar inside. Seal it and make sure there are no leaks. Immediately put it in the pan of boiling water. If you make the balls in advance before putting them in boiling water, leaks might occur, so make the balls and plunge them in water as soon as they are ready..
4. When they are floating, scoop them and roll them in the coconut mixture. If you want a liquid filling, wait 2-3 minutes more after they are floating..
5. When they have cooled, enjoy!.

Kalau Rendang dan Nasi Goreng menjadi hidangan utama kebanggaan Indonesia, maka Klepon merupakan hidangan kue jajanan tradisional alias cemilan kebanggaan Indonesia. Klepon terbuat dari tepung beras ketan dengan warna hijau dan putih, berisi gula aren/merah cair, dan diberi taburan parutan kelapa. Klepon adalah kue dari tepung beras ketan berbentuk bola-bola berwarna hijau berselimutkan parutan kelapa. Sebagai isiannya, klepon identik dengan gula merah. Saat klepon direbus, isian gula merah. { IslandsIndonesia.