Kue bugis is

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'' kue'' or traditional snack of soft glutinous rice flour cake, filled with sweet grated coconut. The name is suggested to be related to

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ethnic group of

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as their traditional delicacy, and it is originated from

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, ...

. In

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the almost identical kue is called kue mendut. Kue bugis, together with ''

kue lapis Kue lapis is an Indonesian , or a traditional snack of steamed colourful layered soft rice flour pudding. In Indonesian means "layers". This steamed layered sticky rice cake or pudding is quite popular in Indonesia, Suriname (where it is simply ...

'' and ''

nagasari Nagasari is a traditional Javanese steamed cake, made of rice flour, coconut milk and sugar, filled with a slice of banana and wrapped in banana leaves. Etymology ''Naga'' in Javanese language means "a big snake; a dragon". It refers to a myt ...

'' are among popular ''kue'' or Indonesian traditional sweet snacks, commonly found in Indonesian traditional marketplace as ''jajan pasar'' (market munchies).

Ingredients and cooking method

The cake is made of ''ketan'' (

glutinous rice Glutinous rice ('' Oryza sativa var. glutinosa''; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice gr