Onde-Onde

Onde-Onde is traditional fried “cake” from Indonesia that is believed to be originally from China. They are sesame balls. These balls can also be found in quite a few other countries in South East Asia, to Japan and South Korea. Most common fillings would be red bean paste, mung bean paste, sweetened potato paste, purple yam, and/or taro. Today’s cooks would also fill them with chocolate, cheese, dragon fruit, and even dates.

Then there is also Onde-Onde Ketawa, which translated to laughing onde-onde. It is not filled and when you fry it, it blooms like a pretty flower.

While the most common of onde-onde is the original color of the dough, which would be golden brown once fried, today’s cook would color their dough rainbow, for colorful result of onde-onde 🙂

Do you have a similar fried cake as onde-onde where you are from? What is it called there? Let me know in comment 🙂