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Klepon is a boiled rice cake filled with liquid palm sugar (gula jawa/merah/melaka) and coated in flaked coconut. [6] The dough is made from glutinous rice flour, sometimes mixed with tapioca (or sweet potato alternatively) [5] and a paste made from the leaves of the pandan or dracaena plants — whose leaves are used widely in Southeast Asian cooking — giving the dough its green colour.
Bihun goreng, bee hoon goreng or mee hoon goreng refers to a dish of fried noodles cooked with rice vermicelli in both the Indonesian and Malay languages. [1] In certain countries, such as Singapore, the term goreng is occasionally substituted with its English equivalent for the name of the dish.
Frying ayam goreng. Some versions of ayam goreng are neither coated in batter nor flour, but seasoned richly with various spices. [4] The spice mixture may vary among regions, but it usually consists of a combination of ground shallot, garlic, Indian bay leaves, turmeric, lemongrass, tamarind juice, candlenut, galangal, salt, and sugar.
Bumbu is the Indonesian word for a blend of spices and for pastes and it commonly appears in the names of spice mixtures, sauces and seasoning pastes. The official Indonesian language dictionary describes bumbu as "various types of herbs and plants that have a pleasant aroma and flavour — such as ginger, turmeric, galangal, nutmeg and pepper — used to enhance the flavour of the food."
Gula jawa has an earthy aroma and deep sweetness with a darker colour closely resembling molasses, [8] while gula aren has paler colour. [9] Gula melaka is a type of palm sugar made from the sap of flower buds from the coconut palm, or less commonly, other palms. [10] It can be dense and sticky.
Kuih cara – a pandan-flavored Malay kuih made from eggs, sugar, coconut milk and flour which is baked in specialised moulds to give it its distinctive shape. [ 4 ] Kuih cincin – a deep fried dough pastry-based snack popular with East Malaysia's Muslim communities.
Gula melaka is a Southeast Asian name for palm sugar [4] or "malacca sugar", [5] probably named for its origin in the state of Malacca, Malaysia. [6] It is usually derived from coconut palms, but sometimes from other palms. [5] It is used in savory dishes, but mainly in local desserts and cakes of the Southeast Asian region. [citation needed]
Kue cara, savory deep-fried dough with toppings of seasoned shredded tuna, a slice of chili, scallion, and celery. [24] Kue carabikang, a sweet cake made of rice flour, shaped like flower-chapped and colorful. Cenil, rice flour-based small glutinous cake, sweetened with sugar, moulded and coloured. Served with fresh grated coconut.