ONDE-ONDE...or Buah Melaka is a traditional Malay dessert. It is sweet and full of contrasting flavours. Spongy on the outside, sweet on the inside. When you bite onde-onde, the first impression you get is a spongy,rubbery-like texture that is fighting to settle in your mouth. Then...POP! Once your teeth bite deeper, the sweet, melting gula melaka or palm sugar will start oozing, filling your tastebuds with sweet sensation. Once you have your first taste, you will guarantee crave for more Onde-Onde. Take this simple recipe for your tea time sensation.Ingredients
240 gm glutinous flour
3/4 cup hot water
1 tbsp screwpine (pandan) essence
120 gm gula melaka or palm sugar, diced into small squares (can be substituted with brown sugar)
1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
a few drops of green colouring (optional - the colouring is meant to enhance the green colour)
a pinch of salt
Methods
1. Sieve glutinous flour into a bowl. Add hot water, screwpine essence and a few drops of green colouring (optional)
2. Combine the ingredients and make a dough.
3. Once the dough is ready, make a round pingpong sized dough. Make a hole in the middle and insert palm sugar. Cover the dough balls well.
4. Repeat untill finishes.
5. In another pot, boil some water. Add 2 screwpine leaves (tied together) and some salt.
6. Put the ready made dough balls into the hot water. Cook untill the dough balls emerge from the water.
7. Take out the dough balls and mix them with fresh grated coconut mixed with a pinch of salt.
8. Now the Onde-Onde is ready to be served!
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