Sweets

Javanese  Sweets

WAJIK

Most sweets that you can get in Java are made out of glutinous rice, mixed with coconut sugar or cane sugar (white sugar) and coconut milk.  This wajik is one of them.  In my older post, I shared the recipe of wajik merah jambu or pink wajik.   It is made of glutinous rice, with white sugar, pink colouring and coconut milk, and it's sliced diagonally to serve.  Sweets are served for snacking with black tea.

The brownish wajik is the traditional one.  The shape is the same with the pink wajik, but the ingredients are slightly different. It is the dark coconut sugar content that makes the colour become brownish and has a distinctive taste that the wajik is wajik.  It is delightful and delish.

A slice of traditional wajik

(sweet Javanese style)

My presentation of wajik is not the same; however it has the same flavour.  It is a diagonal shape with desiccated coconut topping. It is so delicious, but high in calories, so if you are on a diet, you should not have too much of it.

Wajik Susy's Style

Recipe

Microwave Cooking

Wajik

Ingredients:

1 cup glutinous rice soak in a cup of water for 1 hour

1 cup of coconut milk

1 cup grated dark palm sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

Place the rice in a pot, add in the coconut milk, uncovered and cook in a microwave for 9-10 minutes

(this is only a guide as microwaves are not all the same, one more powerful than others)

Take it out, stir it well, add in the sugar, then stir it again to combine

Cover the pot, put it back in the microwave and cook it for 8 minutes

Take it out, remix it, this time the rice should be, keep it aside to cool.

When it is cold, time for shaping.

Place the rice on a flat plate, shape into round or square and smooth the top.  Use a clean plastic gladwrap to press and smoothing the top of the wajik to avoid stickiness.

Leave it until completely cold then sliced into diagonals.

To serve: serve with black tea.

Shaping the wajik

Line your hand with glad wrap to prevent the rice

stick on your fingers

A slice of the traditional  'wajik.'

It has been good preparing wajik the sweet dish from Java,  as promised.  I am looking forward to doing other sweets dishes from other countries.

Stay Tuned

Susy