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Klepon
Klepon is sweet snacks and dessert from Indonesia that are made of glutinous rice flour with brown sugar filling and are coated with coconuts. The soft and chewy balls are lovely to enjoy with your afternoon cuppa.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 5 portions
Calories: 88 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Indonesian
Ingredients
- 2 cups glutinous rice flour/ sweet rice flour.
- 5 tablespoons rice flour.
- ½ teaspoon salt.
- 3 teaspoons slaked lime water.
- 2 teaspoons pandan extract.
- 1 cup water.
- ⅓ cup palm sugar/ dark brown sugar.
- ½ cup desiccated coconut.
Instructions
- Put the glutinous rice flour, rice flour, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir well. Then add the slaked lime water and water. Mix well and knead thoroughly until you get a pliable dough. If it’s too dry you can add 1-2 teaspoon of water. Take care not to add too much. So make you knead well between adding more water.
- Take a tablespoon of the dough and shape it into a small ball. Flatten it until it’s about 0.5 cm/ 0.2 inch thick.
- Carefully put a teaspoon of sugar in the centre of the dough. Cover the sugar with dough edges and shape the dough back into a ball.
- Boil about 1 litre/ 35.2 fl.oz water in a cooking pot. When the water boils, put the klepon balls in the water carefully. Gently stir to make sure they don’t stick to the bottom of the pot.
- Once the balls float around the surface of the water, leave it to cook for another 2 minutes. Then using a slotted spoon, take the cooked rice balls out. Make sure you drain all the water.
- Put the balls on a plate that has been greased with a little oil until they are cool enough to handle.
- Lastly, roll the klepon balls on the coconut.
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Notes
- Grease your hands with a little oil before working on the dough to make the balls.
- With just a drop of oil, grease a plate to put the ready cooked glutinous rice balls before rolling them on the coconut.
Nutrition Information
Serving
5portions
Calories
88kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
65mg
(3%)
Potassium
25mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.03mg
(0%)
Calcium
3mg
(0%)
Iron
0.1mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5portions
Amount Per Serving
Calories 88
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 5portions | |
| Calories | 88kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 65mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 25mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.03mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.1mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.