Traditional Indonesian Food : Klepon

Klepon or kelepon is one of traditional Indonesian food, the others are cenil, lapis,jenang, getuk and so on. Klepon is made of glutinous rice flour that was shaped like little balls with brown sugar content (sugar Java) and then boiled in boiling water and served with grated coconut.

Klepon usually served as a morning or afternoon snack with hot tea or coffee. The color usually white or green depending on taste. We should be added suji leaves or pandan leaves to make the green color of klepon.

Ingredients:

250 g glutinous rice flour
1 tablespoon water of Pandan leaf / suji
1 teaspoon water whiting
½ teaspoon salt
150 ml boiled water
150 g grated coconut

contents:
150 g brown sugar

Cooking Adventures Guide:

1. Stir the rice flour with pandan leaf water, water whiting and salt until blended.
2. Pour water gradually while stirring until dough can be formed. Let stand for 15 minutes.
3. Take 1 teaspoon dough, round, flatten, fill with a little brown sugar, round it off again.
4. Boil in boiling water until floating. Remove and drain.
5. Roll in grated coconut until blended.
6. Serve in a bowl of banana leaves or serve in a little plate.

Various Indonesian traditional porridge (Aneka bubur/jenang tradisional Indonesia)

 Various Indonesian traditional porridge is often found in traditional markets. In modern markets such as supermarkets or shopping malls may also exist, but not many.
Various Indonesian traditional porridge are: pearl porridge (bubur/jenang mutiara), sum sum porridge (bubur / jenang sum sum), black glutinous rice porridge (bubur/jenang ketan hitam), candil porridge (bubur / jenang candil), green beans porridge (bubur/jenang kacang hijau) etc. I bought this porridge in front of  my children’s school, because the color and shape are very nice to buy it. And that’s right, it’s yummy, very sweet and savory. The price is cheap, only Rp. 2000.