Biji Salak Candil Ubi
Candil Ubi Biji Salak is a traditional dessert from Indonesia made of sweet potatoes and served with coconut milk sauce. It is usually served at break fasting session in the fasting month.
Servings: 15 portions
Calories: 107kcal
Ingredients
- 250 gr sweet potatoes purple or regular sweet potatoes
- 75 gr tapioca flour
- 1 gr salt
- 75 cc water
Coconut Milk Sauce
- 500 cc coconut milk 100 ml instant coconut milk + 400 ml water
- 2 pcs pandan leaves
- 90 gr sugar
- 2 gr salt
- 1 tbsp rice flour
Instructions
- Steam the sweet potatoes for 30 minutes or until soft. Test with a fork, you should be able to poke it to the center. Let it cool down for a while. Peel the sweet potatoes. It should be easy. Add tapioca flour, salt, and water.
- Knead and mix until well-blended. Take half tablespoon of the dough and shape it round like a ball. Boil some water in a pot. Put the dough balls into the boiling water. They will float when cooked.
- Take out the floated dough balls and transfer them to a bowl of water to cool them down. In another pot, mix together coconut milk, sugar, salt, rice flour, and pandan leaves. Put it on low heat. Stir once in a while with a ladle. Let it simmer and turn off the stove. The texture should be creamy.
- Put some cooked dough balls into a bowl. Pour in coconut milk. You can add pulut hitam at the side. Enjoy warm or cold with some ice cubes!
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Notes
- Peel the sweet potatoes while still warm. Be careful of scalding your hands when it is still very hot.
- You can use a food processor to mash the sweet potatoes and mix it together with other ingredients.
- Rounding the dough balls can be time consuming. Use a measuring spoon to scoop it faster.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg