Bubur Sum sum / Indonesian Sweet Coconut Rice Porridge
Indonesian dessert made by cooking rice flour in coconut milk and served with palm sugar syrup. There is also a variety served with sweet potato dumplings (biji salak).
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 pandan leaves (knotted)
- About 15-20 biji salak (see notes)
- 1/2 cup gula jawa/palm sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- 1
In a mixing bowl, combine coconut milk, rice flour, and salt. Stir to mix all ingredient well and make sure there is no lump in the mixture. Pour this into a small or medium size sauce pan, add in the pandan leaves and cook on low heat. Constantly stirring until it started to boil and thickened. This may take about 15-20 minutes. Turn off the heat and pour this into a bowl
- 2
Melt the gula jawa with water in a small saucepan and cook on low heat until slightly thickened. Strain and then set aside
- 3
Scoop the bubur into a serving bowl by using a spoon and pour the Gula Jawa syrup generously on top of it and forget about all the unhappy things and start counting your blessing :) Best when you serve it warm
- 4
Once the bubur sum sum is cooked you can add the biji salak in just before serving