Steam Cassava Cake (Ongol-Ongol)- Indonesian Recipe

Steam cassava cake (ongol-ongol) is one of the Indonesian popular snack or street food (jajan pasar) made by steaming the grated cassava mixture and then rolled them in grated coconut.

I was so craving for Ongol-Ongol cake for quite sometimes, been looking for the right ingredients but I can’t! I’m supposed to use some of the plain jelly powder, and yet I can’t find them in any store in my town. or..maybe I was just clumsy, I don’t know!

So yesterday, I was opening my pantry and I saw that I have few packs of jelly powder, but they are all fruity flavours. And I was like...🤔🤔 ok lemme try to use flavours jelly powder instead, then I won’t need to use any of food colouring. There’s no harm for me trying the new sensation of taste! Lol

I believe that there are so many recipes of Ongol-Ongol cake. I always had them when I still live in Indonesia, some of them has a very soft texture but still chewy, and some of them has more thickened and solid texture, but they are still chewy too. This time, I tried to made my own recipe without look up other recipe from internet or somewhere else, and the results was satisfied me enough.

Ok, ok...let’s get the recipes, I talked too much, already!

INGREDIENTS

• 600 g grated cassava
• 3 tbsp glutinous rice flour
• 6 tbsp sugar
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• salt to taste
• 60 g unsweetened grated coconut
• 3 types of jelly powder (I used lime, lemon, and strawberry flavours)

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Steam The Grated Coconut

• Place the 60 g unsweetened grated coconut into a bowl with a pinch of salt to taste, stir to mix and steam for about 15 minutes.

Step 2: Prepare The Cake Mixture

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• Pour about 40 g 3 type of jelly power in different bowls.
• Add in 2 tbsp of sugar in each bowl.
• Devide grated 600 g cassava into 3, and add them into each bowl.
• Add in 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract into each bowl.
• Take turn to mix them one by one until well combined.

Step 3: Shaping The Cake

Using your palms hand, shape the cassava mixture into round shape.

Step 4: Steam The Cake

steam the cake for about 20 minutes until cooked through.

Step 5: Topping The Cake

While the cake is still hot, roll them in the grated coconut.
=> OPTIONS: Feel free if you want to skewered them into bamboo skewers. It is up to you how to serve them! 😎😁

Thanks for stopping by!
See ya on my next recipe,
Xo

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