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Biji Salak

Glutinous Dessert Porridge
Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 232 g peeled yam/sweet potato
  • 100 g tapioca starch
  • A generous pinch of salt
  • 1 L water
  • Pandan leaf knotted
  • 200 g dark brown sugar
  • 2 heaping tbsp sugar
  • 1 heaping tbsp tapioca starch diluted in a little water (2-4 tbsp)
  • 1 can of coconut milk
  • Salt to taste generous big pinch to 1 tsp
  • Knotted Pandan leaf

Instructions

  • Steam yam/sweet potato til softened, then mash it while still warm
  • Add in starch and salt, knead until mixture becomes a nice dough
  • Pinch a dough, and shape it into ovals or rounds
  • Pour water into a pot, add in knotted pandan, bring to boil
  • Drop in dough, cook until they are floating
  • Once all ovals are floating, add in sugars, stir well, bring back to fully boil again, then thicken it with tapioca starch solution, stir well
  • Take off from heat
  • In a clean pot, pour in coconut milk, season with salt and add in knotted pandan. Bring to fully simmering, while stirring. Take off from heat
  • Serve glutinous porridge topped with a generous spoon of coconut milk

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