Indonesian Traditional Cakes

Nagasari

Nagasari, you will pleasantly surprised how good it tasted. Creamy on the outside with a white pudding texture and sweet in the inside (depending on banana sweetness), it makes a wonderful dessert.

Made from rice flour, coconut milk, bananas, sugar and salt; and wrapped in banana leaves - it's a wonder how the simple ingredients can produce such a delicious dessert!

I have bought this traditional cakes sometimes, and the best part about making these cakes are they only take 10 minutes to prepare. Try it, I'm sure you are going to enjoy our traditional Indonesian dessert. If you don't have banana leaves to wrap the cakes, here's another version how you can enjoy this traditional rice cakes.

Servings: 12 parcels
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Steam time: 25 minutes


Ingredients:
5 ripe bananas (suitable for steaming such as pisang raja, pisang nangka, etc)
1 cup rice flour
2 cups coconut milk, squeezed from 1 grated coconut
2 tablespoons castor sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Banana leaves, for wrapping
Directions:
1. Slice bananas lengthwise into half.
2. Combine flour, coconut milk, sugar and salt in a pot. Cook over low heat, constantly stirring until mixture is very thick, smooth and pudding in texture.
3. Spoon approximately 1-2 tablespoons of mixture onto banana leaf. Place a slice of banana on mixture, and cover banana with another 1-2 tablespoons of mixture.
4. Wrap mixture with banana leaves neatly.
5. Steam over medium heat for 25 minutes or until cooked. Serve warm or cold.
By : Nanda Eka Pratiwi