Purple Sweet Potato Ondeh-Ondeh
I wanted to do a spin on the standard pandan (screwpine leaves) flavor ondeh-ondeh and chance upon Jessie's recipe.
I thought it's pretty cool to have purple ondeh-ondeh, and so I decided to try it out!
It has an interesting sweet potato taste, but somehow loses its chewiness compared to the standard ondeh-ondeh.
http://jessie-cookingmoments.blogspot.com/2013/10/sweet-potato-ondeh-ondeh-ondeh-ondeh.html
Dough Ingredients:
Filling Ingredient:
Coating Ingredients:
I thought it's pretty cool to have purple ondeh-ondeh, and so I decided to try it out!
It has an interesting sweet potato taste, but somehow loses its chewiness compared to the standard ondeh-ondeh.
http://jessie-cookingmoments.blogspot.com/2013/10/sweet-potato-ondeh-ondeh-ondeh-ondeh.html
Dough Ingredients:
- 150g Mashed Sweet Potato
- 120g Glutinous Rice Flour
- 150 ml water (adjust according to moisture of the mashed sweet potato)
- 12g granulated sugar
Filling Ingredient:
- 100g Palm Sugar(Gula Melaka preferred)
Coating Ingredients:
- 75g Shredded Coconut
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 Pandan Leaf, tied into a knot
Boil the sweet potato until its soft.
Mash it with a fork and put it through a sieve to make sure that the sweet potato is completely mashed.
Note: Try a food processor if you are lazy :)
Mash it with a fork and put it through a sieve to make sure that the sweet potato is completely mashed.
Note: Try a food processor if you are lazy :)
I would love some "gula melaka", but I couldn't find any here, and so I got some palm sugar instead.
Chop the palm sugar into small pieces and set aside.
Chop the palm sugar into small pieces and set aside.
Mix the sweet potato, glutinuous rice flour and water together.
Knead it well.
Knead it well.
I divided the dough into 4 batches.
For each batch that I am working on, I further divided them into equal small balls.
Note: I cover the remaining portions of dough with a damp cloth to avoid the dough from hardening and cracking.
For each batch that I am working on, I further divided them into equal small balls.
Note: I cover the remaining portions of dough with a damp cloth to avoid the dough from hardening and cracking.
In the meantime, steam the dessicated coconut (with water, salt and screwpine leaf) for about 15 minutes.
Take one ball of dough, make a hole in the middle and drop some palm sugar in it.
I tend to be very adventurous by stuffing it with plenty of palm sugar. You would want to be very careful with that. Sometimes, the dough might give way to the sugar causing the sugar to melt out when boiling later on. You'll end up with an ondeh-ondeh with no filling!
Roll up the filled dough into a ball. Note that this does not have to be perfect. When you coat them with coconut later on, they will look nice, dainty and pretty anyway :)
I tend to be very adventurous by stuffing it with plenty of palm sugar. You would want to be very careful with that. Sometimes, the dough might give way to the sugar causing the sugar to melt out when boiling later on. You'll end up with an ondeh-ondeh with no filling!
Roll up the filled dough into a ball. Note that this does not have to be perfect. When you coat them with coconut later on, they will look nice, dainty and pretty anyway :)
There you go, one batch of purple balls!
Boil the ondeh-ondeh until it floats to the surface.
This indicates that the ondeh-ondeh is cooked. I usually leave it floating (while stirring once or twice to make sure that all parts of the ondeh-ondeh are cooked) for one or two more minutes before I take them out.
This makes sure that the large chunky palm sugar inside the ondeh-ondeh is melted.
This indicates that the ondeh-ondeh is cooked. I usually leave it floating (while stirring once or twice to make sure that all parts of the ondeh-ondeh are cooked) for one or two more minutes before I take them out.
This makes sure that the large chunky palm sugar inside the ondeh-ondeh is melted.
Dunk the ondeh-ondeh in icy cold water after you take them out from the boiling pot. This allows the ondeh-ondeh to be more chewy.
Next, drop them into the plate of coconut goodness!!
Roll them around and fully coat them with coconut.
Next, drop them into the plate of coconut goodness!!
Roll them around and fully coat them with coconut.
Ready to be eaten.
We could finish the whole batch in one day! :)
We could finish the whole batch in one day! :)