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'' 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

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. In

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

kue lapis Kue lapis () , also known as kuih lapis ( or ) (Indonesian language, Indonesian and Malay language, Malay respectively for "layered cake") is a traditional Southeast Asian steamed dessert known for its colourful, multi-layered appearance and sof ...

'' and ''

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'' 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'' (

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) flour as the skin, filled with grated

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

flesh sweetened with palm sugar. The skin is made of flattened dough made from the mixture of glutinous rice flour, wheat flour, mashed potatoes, ''santan'' (

coconut milk Coconut milk is a plant milk extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of the milky-white liquid are due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a traditional food ingred ...

), sugar and salt, and colored with ''suji'' or green colored pandan. The sweet filling is made of grated coconut,

palm sugar Palm sugar is a sweetener derived from any variety of palm tree. Palm sugar may be qualified by the type of palm, as in coconut palm sugar. While sugars from different palms may have slightly different compositions, all are processed simila ...

, salt, and pandan leaf for aroma. Traditional kue bugis is wrapped in

banana leaf The banana leaf is the leaf of the banana plant, which may produce up to 40 leaves in a growing cycle. The leaves have a wide range of applications because they are large, flexible, waterproof and decorative. They are used for cooking, wrappin ...

, usually young banana leaf which is thin and green-yellowish in color, the contemporary version however might uses plastic wrapper. There are several version of kue bugis, the traditional common one is green colored kue bugis acquired from ''suji'' or pandan leaf. Another version include black kue bugis which uses ''ketan hitam'' or black glutinous rice flour. Another variant is called ''kue bugis mandi'' which is green ball covered in whitish layer made of white glutinous rice with coconut milk.

References

External links

Kue Bugis Recipe

Black Glutinous Rice Kue Bugis Recipe

Video of Kue Bugis Ketan Hitam
{{Indonesian cuisine Kue

Ingredients and cooking method

See also

References

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