** My late mom(a nyonya) used to make these for us....she cooked very nice nyonya food if not the best.....**
ONDEH-ONDEH (BUAH MELAKA)
Ingredients
Purple dough
100 g of steamed mash purple sweet potato
100 g of glutinous rice flour
1/2 tbsp sugar
Orange dough
100 g of steamed mash orange sweet potato
100 g of glutinous rice flour
1/2 tbsp sugar
Green dough
250 g of glutinous rice flour
200 ml pandanus juice
1tbsp sugar
Palm sugar(guka melaka) chopped into pieces
200 g of grated coconut mix with pinch of salt
1. Prepare the dough by mixing the ingredients stated. If the dough is hard add in a little water, if it is
too soft add in a little bit flour. Adjust accordingly to form a pliable dough.
2. Chop the Palm sugar into small cubes.
3. Pinch some dough, flatten it and place a piece of palm sugar on the dough.
4. Seal the edge to form a ball. Arrange the shaped rice balls on a tray.
The tricolored ondeh ondeh before boiling.
5. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Transfer the ondeh ondeh into the boiling water.
When the rice balls float , they are ready.
6. Use a slotted ladle to scoop up the rice balls into a pot of cold water.
7. Coat rice balls with grated coconut.
Look at those colorful ondeh-ondeh... They look yummilicious.
Enjoy cooking and have a nice day!
