Onde-Onde

Ingredients for Onde-Onde:

• 2 large sweet potatoes (steamed, peeled & mashed)
• 8 oz. (250g.) glutinous rice flour
• 5 fl. oz. (150ml.) warm water
• a few drops green colouring

Onde-Onde Filling Ingredients:

• 3 cakes gula melaka (crushed) + 2 Tbs. castor sugar - (mixed)

Coating Ingredients:

• 1 coconut (grated, white part only) + pinch of salt - (mixed)

Method:

1. Mixed well mashed sweet potatoes, rice flour and food colourung. Add water gradually till a fairly stiff dough is obtained.
2. Knead well. Divide dough into small equal portions. Form into balls.
3. Make a well in the centre. Spoon filling ingredients in. Seal the hole and reshape the balls.
4. Put a few balls at a time into boiling water. When balls float to the surface,remove and roll in coating ingredients. Serve Onde-onde at room temperature.

Note: Onde-Onde should not be kept in the chiller as it will harden.

Source: Onde-Onde