Onde-Onde [ Coconut Poppers ]

Jian dui is a type of fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. The pastry is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy. Inside the pastry is a large hollow, caused by the expansion of the dough. The hollow of the pastry is filled with a filling usually consisting of lotus paste (蓮蓉), or alternatively sweet black bean paste (hei dousha, 黑豆沙), or less commonly red bean paste (hong dousha, 紅豆沙).
Depending on the region and cultural area, jian dui are known as matuan (麻糰) in northern China, ma yuan (麻圆) in northeast China, and zhen dai (珍袋) in Hainan. In American Chinese restaurants and pastry shops, they are known as Sesame Seed Balls. They are also sometimes referred to as zhimaqiu (芝麻球), which translates to sesame balls in English.
In Indonesian cuisine, it is called onde-onde, filled with sweetened mung bean paste. This pastry is also popular and widely available in Indo (Eurasian), Indonesian and Vietnamese outlets in the Netherlands. A similar dish is called Klepon, which are rice balls filled with palm sugar.

Ingredients for Filling of onde-onde

• 1 / 2 cup peeled green peas (I do not have a supply of peeled green beans , so use normal one). Soak 1 hour.
• 1 / 2 tsp vanilli
• 1 / 2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 / 2 cup water.
• Pinch of salt

How to make filling

1. Steam the green beans until tender (I need 40 minutes until completely soft). Mash / puree that steamed green beans.
2. In a sauce pan, cook, sugar, salt, water and vanilla. Add fine green beans. Stir well. Turn off the heat.
3. Allow to cool. Take small amount of filling dough, shape it a small rounded (larger than marbles) Set aside.

Ingredients for shell skin

• 1 cup glutinous rice flour
• 2 tablespoons rice flour
• 1 / 3 cup granulated sugar
• 150 ml water (room temperature)
• Pinch of salt
• Enough Sesame
• Enough Cooking oil for frying

How to make Onde-onde's shell

1. Dissolve sugar in water. Mix flour and glutinous rice flour and salt.
2. Add sugar-water (GRADUALLY) into the flour mixture, knead until not sticky on your hands and can be shaped. (In case you add too much water, you can add some more glutinous rice flour.
3. Take the dough ,  fill with filling batter . Spherical shape, roll and cover with sesame seeds. Do it until the dough runs out.
4. Heat cooking oil in deep skillet. Lower the heat. Friy "onde-onde" with low heat until fluffy round and reddish color.

Categories: Sweet Desserts