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Klepon

coconut balls
Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 154 g peeled yam/sweet potato
  • 150 g rice flour
  • 4 tbsp coconut milk
  • 1 heaping tsp pandan paste omit if you use purple sweet potato/purple yam, orange/red sweet potato – the color of the flesh will be the end result. If you want to have pandan flavor to the balls, add clear pandan essence
  • 6-9 tbsp water
  • Dark brown sugar or palm sugar, coconut palm sugar, when available
  • 1 bag unsweetened dessicated coconut
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 knotted pandan leaf

Instructions

  • Steam yam until softened, then mash it, set to side
  • Place desiccated coconut into a bowl, mix salt in, then burry a knotted pandan leaf in it. Steam for 10-15 minutes to soften
  • Mix coconut milk with Pandan paste, set aside
  • Into mashed yam, add rice flour to combine well, then pour in coconut milk mixture, knead. Add in 1 tbsp water at a time, while kneading, until a dough is achieved
  • Pinch a dough, flatten it, spoon a little brown sugar in the center, shape into balls
  • Bring a pot of water to boil, drop balls and cook until they are floating. Take balls out with slotted spoon and right away coat them with steamed coconut
  • Served warm is best as sugar is liquidy, but do watch out as sugar can be so hot

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