K L E P O N - Javanese Cooking

Sweets   for  Snacks

Introducing another typical Javanese sweet, most sweets are made out of rice/glutenous rice.  Earlier I posted 'wajik', a popular sliced for snacking.  In my mother house, this Klepon was never prepared, but I remember that I had this small sweet very often.  My mother bought them for us children as a treat.  Nowadays I believe that you can buy everywhere in Java; in the markets or in the shops.
I made some klepon today and very successful.  The taste just as I remember it. So delicious.

Recipe to share.

Klepon -Sweet glutenous rice balls stuffed with palm sugar.

The Plain Klepon Without Icing Sugar

KLEPON – Javanese  Sweet

(Glutenous rice balls stuffed with palm sugar)

Ingredients;

1 cup of glutenous rice flour

½ cup of warm water

½ teaspoon pandan essence

A pinched of salt

125 g of coconut - palm sugar, cut into small cubes

1 cup of desiccated coconut

Icing powder

Method

Place the rice flour and salt in a bowl

Stir in the warm water, the essence, mix together to make a soft dough

Divide the dough into 24 small balls (as big as walnuts). Keep aside.

Chop the palm sugar into cubes about 24-26.

To shape and to cook the klepon

Place the desiccated coconut on a bowl

Boil some water in a deep pot

Put one rice dough ball on your palm, flatten it out into a small round

Place a cube of sugar in the middle of the round dough

Bring the edges in together to enclose the sugar

Smooth them out with your fingers.   Do two at a time.

Put them into hot boiling water to cook for a few minutes

When the balls rise to the top, take them out with long handle strainer

Rest them on top of prepared desiccated coconut, and then roll them over to coat.

Repeat the process until all done.  Put on a serving plate, dust it with icing powder

To Serve: in room temperature, as a snack

The Ingredients

Step By Step How To Do

I included pictures of the ingredients, for people who are not familiar with Javanese food.

Have Fun!

Susy