How to make Klepon

Hey there 😊! Well now, I'll be sharing recipe on how to make Klepon. In Malaysia, Klepon is known as Buah Melaka.

Ingredients:

1/2 packet of glutinous rice flour

1/2 cup of lukewarm water

8 pandan leaves (finely crushed to get essence of pandan)

1/2 grated coconut

1 pinch of salt

Gula Melaka/Coconut palm sugar (cut into small pieces)

Direction:

1) Put the glutinous rice flour into a bowl.

2) Take the essence of pandan and sprinkle some water to it and squeeze it in a cup until it the 'pandan water' reaches 1/2 of the cup. (Repeat this step for few times)

3) Pour the lukewarm water and  and pandan water to the glutinous rice flour. Knead it evenly.

4) The flour that was kneaded is shapen like sphere and the Gula Melaka is put in it.

5) The dough that was shapen like sphere is put into a pot filled with hot water.

6) When the Klepon appear and arise on the surface of water, take it out from the pot and place it on a plate. The Klepon is mixed with the grated coconut that was mixed with a pinch of salt.

Reference:

Che'Nom, 2013. Resepi Buah Melaka. [online image] Available at: <http://iresipi.com/resepi/buah-melaka/show> [Accessed 8 August 2015].