Kelepon recipe

kelepon or Onde2x for padangnese people is an easy snack to make. It is not easy to find fresh grated coconut when you are not in a country which has a lot of coconut in their meal plans (nor the tree itself) :p. So we going to use desiccated coconut as a replacement for fresh grated coconut. Here's my mom recipe:

Ingredient:
500 grm tepung ketan (glutinous rice flour)
1 tsp garam (salt)
pandan extract # (can be found in asian supermarket)
gula jawa/melaka (brown palm sugar) ## (can be found in asian supermarket, taste will differ when you use light brown cane sugar)
kelapa parut (desiccated coconut)
water (to boil)

how to:
1. combine the flour + Salt + pandan extract and enough water to make the flour not sticky in your hand
2. make small balls (half of a ping pong ball) > make a hole with your thumb > fill the hole with gula jawa/melaka > cover the hole and roll it again to make a nice round ball
3. boil water high enough to cover the balls, drop the balls in, you know that they are cooked once it float
4. catch the floating balls, roll it over desiccated coconut straight away (this will make desiccated coconut wet and has the same texture as the fresh grated coconut)
5. serve and enjoy

Notes:
# for better taste and aroma, u can blend 12 pandan leave with 200ml water and extract the juices.
if you can't find any, you can use green food coloring and add vanilla extract (just for that missing aroma)
## gula jawa/melaka usually hard (in circle or square shape), make sure you cut/grate them in cube size (so that you'll get that sweetness palm sugar blast in your mouth sensation =))