Project Buah Melaka Part II

So this is my Sunday morning project. Buah Melaka. Also known as Onde-onde but onde-onde is more for the Indonesian brown round kuih with sesame seed covering it. Anyway, whatever it's called, here is a step-by-step guide for making Buah Melaka. My style! Hehe enjoy.

1. Get your ingredients ready. It would be better to use Pandan leaves extract instead of green colouring and Pandan flavour but I finished my Pandan leaves on my first try. Haha. Yeah my first try was a miserable failure due to 'unforeseen' circumstances. Muehehehe.
Glutinous Rice Flour (tepung pulut)
Palm Sugar (gula melaka)
Green Colouring
Pandan Flavouring
Grated Coconut
Salt to taste
Water

2. Mix flour, water, flavouring, and colouring in a bowl and mix. You can use a spatula or your hands. I like to get my hands dirty. heee. Oh but make sure you unscrew the flavour and colouring bottles BEFORE you get your hands dirty. Or you'd have to tuck them under your armpits and twist them with your clean hand. Like a certain someone.

p/s: if you're using Pandan leaves, blend the leaves with some water and strain the juice. Mix the juice into the flour to get the colour and flavour. But the colour will be a lighter green, which isn't a big deal.

3. Mix until the consistency is soft but mouldable. Add more flour if it's too soft, and more water if it's too hard. It should be soft but not sticky. Kinda like Play-Doh. But softer. And edible. And smells better. You get the picture.

4. Roll some into a small ball. Like this.

5. Don't forget to cut your gula melaka into small pieces like these. Depending on how big you want your buah melaka to be. The bigger your sugar pieces, the bigger your buah melaka will have to be. I had these leftovers from my first try so you might want to cut the sugar pieces before you start mixing the flour.

6. Flatten your dough ball a little and place a piece of sugar on it. Oh and while you're at this, boil water in a pot.









7. Cover the sugar piece with the dough.











8. Until fully covered like this.











9. Re-shape into a smooth ball.











10. Make sure the water is boiling and drop your ball into it.

11. Make more balls and drop 'em in. Yes, mine are a bit odd shaped. Well too bad. Deal with it! alu emo indah.

12. If you notice, the one near the metal sieve is floating. Part of it is above the surface of the water. That means it's cooked.

13. Scoop it out like you'd scoop out a goldfish from a tank. I remember when I had 2 goldfish and my sis and I would enjoy scooping them out with our hands before cleaning the tank. They're so soft and slippery and squishy. Hihi. Of course, you wouldn't want to scoop these balls out with your hands. I mean, if you really want to, go ahead but don't say I didn't warn ya.

14. Drop the ball into the grated coconut.











15. Roll it in until fully covered like this. Hmm my fingers look weird here. Chubby. heh.

16. Voila! Take a bite and feel the burst of sweetness in your mouth! mmm..

Warning: let cool slightly before biting, lest you get a burst of bubbling hot palm sugar on your tongue. yahhh gik rasa.