Making this brings my childhood memories. My mom used to make this dessert during ramadhan. Actually you can get this popular break-fast dish from the street vendor but we always prefer the homemade ones :).
After having some sips of warm sweet tea, this is definitely a luscious break-fast dish.
Biji Salak - Sweet Potato Balls in Palm Sugar Syrup
adapted from Dapurbunda
Ingredients :
500 g sweet potatoes
50 g tapioca flour
¼ tsp salt
Syrup :
250 g gula Jawa/palm sugar/brown sugar/coconut sugar, shredded
250 ml water
1 pandan (screwpine) leaf
Coconut Milk Sauce :
500 ml coconut milk
2 pandan (screwpine) leaves
¼ tsp salt
Directions :
1. Steamed sweet potatoes until done. Remove from heat. Peeled and mashed.
2. Take mashed sweet potatoes, mix with tapioca flour and salt, knead until smooth. Roll into small balls, about 1 cm in diameter, set aside. Sprinkle with flour to avoid sticking.
3. Bring water to a boil, and drop in the sweet potato balls, cook until they float. Drain and set aside.
Syrup
Directions :
Put the water, sugar, and pandan leaf in a saucepan and boil, strain and put back in the saucepan. Boil again. Add in the balls until they are all floating. Serve with coconut milk sauce.
Coconut Milk Sauce
Directions :
Cook coconut milk with salt and pandan leaves, stirring on low heat until the mixture boils. Remove from heat. Cool and serve.
Dit, ini gak diikutin utk Joy from Fasting to Feasting? kan ini mah makanan buka puasa banget :)
ReplyDeletehttp://yasmeen-healthnut.blogspot.com/2008/08/ramadan-mubarak-joy-from-fasting-to_31.html
he eh Fa, kemaren sempet kepikiran :). Makasih ya.
ReplyDeleteAkhirnya gue kirim yang klepon Fa. Soalnya ternyata mbak Retno udah setor Biji Salaknya ;)
ReplyDeleteAssalamvalekum Dear, Thank u dear for u r intrest in the event.
ReplyDeleteWow that's so nice to hear. As a part of the event iam showcasing five recipes from each blog participating in the event. If u r intrested i would like to showcase recipes from u r blog. The recipes which u usually prepared during Ramadan. If u already have those recipes then send me the links to my mail id. My mail id is there in the blog. I want u to write a short note on Ramadan along with the recipes. Thank u. Happy Fasting. Have blessed Ramadan.
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ReplyDeletewow, that looks intensely comforting and delicious. i want to pour it over a bowl of oatmeal and suck it down.
ReplyDeletekedoyananku nih Dit...udah lama banget gak pernah makan lagi.
ReplyDeleteI just added u in the blogs participating in the event list.
ReplyDeleteDittt..baru aja gue mau bikin ini lagi :P, keliatan endang surendang...btw, he eh gue juga pengen ikutan tuh event, tapi belum ngirim resep yang mana, dan yang gue liat kaykanya mesti ngirim 5 resep favorit qiqiiqiqi
ReplyDelete@ Elsye : iya Sye, gue ujung2nya juga baru tau ternyata suruh ngirim 5 resep fave.
ReplyDeleteyuuhuuuu.. Ditaa.. pindah sini yuk jadi tetangga gue.. hehehe... Dita gue mau resep gemblongnya Dit.
ReplyDeleteFirst time here. You have a nice collection of recipes and photographs of them. We have a similar dessert called the Gulab jamun-made with flour and soaked in sugar syrup or another one were rice balls are cooked with coconut milk and jaggery syrup. I am going to try this one.
ReplyDeleteterima kasi!
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