🍮 dessertRank #15medium

Es Cendol

Name: Es Cendol
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour; 1/4 cup mung bean flour; 1/2 cup pandan leaf extract; 1 cup palm sugar; 2 cups coconut milk; 3 cups water; as needed ice cubes

Es Cendol is a traditional Indonesian iced dessert featuring green rice flour jelly droplets served in coconut milk sweetened with palm sugar syrup. It is a refreshing treat popular throughout Indonesia, especially in the hot tropical climate, and often enjoyed during festive occasions or as a street food snack.

7 ingredients

sweetcreamyfragrantrefreshingearthy

Culinary DNA Preview

Indonesian85%

South Asian15%

Ingredients

rice flour
1 cup
mung bean flour
1/4 cup
pandan leaf extract
1/2 cup
palm sugar
1 cup
coconut milk
2 cups
water
3 cups
ice cubes
as needed

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Originating from Java, Es Cendol reflects the indigenous use of local ingredients like palm sugar and coconut milk combined with rice flour techniques that have been part of Indonesian culinary traditions for centuries.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Indonesian85%

ingredients+techniques

South Asian15%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

boiling mixing pressing straining

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