Ketan Serundeng (Sticky rice with savory coconut flakes)
Coconut flavored sticky rice topped with savory and aromatic coconut flakes
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300 gr glutinous rice / sticky rice (soak for at least 4 hours if cooking on the stove)
- 150 ml water
- 225 ml coconut milk
- 1 pandan leaf (knotted)
- Pinch of salt
- 300 gr grated unsweetened coconut (see notes)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 kaffir lime leaf
- 1- inch galangal (bruised)
- 1 Tbsp coconut sugar (or use brown sugar)
- 10 gr dried shrimp (soaked with warm water for 10 minutes)
- 1 red chili (optional)
- 2 shallots (peeled)
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled)
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
Instructions
- 1
You can use fresh grated coconut or if you can't find one, you can buy frozen dessicated coconut
- 2
Mix the grated coconut with ground spices and stir to mix evenly
- 3
Preheat a large skillet without any oil over low heat. Add in the coconut mixture, bay leaves, lime leaf, galangal and stir fry until the coconut is really dry and crispy and sprinkle in the coconut sugar while stirring. This may take a while and remember to do this over low heat or you are risking burning the coconut before it's dry. Once it's completely dry, crispy, and golden brown, remove from the heat and store in air-tight container at room temperature when it's completely cool
- 4
Drain off water after soaking the rice. Place the glutinous rice in a steamer and steam for about 20 minutes. The rice won't be fully cooked at this point
- 5
Meanwhile, place the coconut milk, pandan leaves, and pinch of salt in a small saucepan. Bring to a gentle simmer and continue to stir. You don't want it to be rolling boil as the coconut milk will turn foamy. Remove from the heat. Pour this milk to the steamed rice and stir to mix thoroughly. Bring the steamer back on high heat and steam for another 30 minutes. The rice should be cooked through, soft (but not mushy) and sticky at this point
- 6
You don't need to soak the rice if using a pressure cooker. Put the rice, pandan leaf, salt, water, and coconut milk in a dish that will fit into your pressure cooker. Stir to mix and make sure the rice submerged in the liquid
- 7
Pour 2 cups of water in the inner pot of instant pot. Place trivet in and set the dish on top of the trivet. Close the lid and press "pressure cooker" then "high pressure". Set timer to 30 minutes and then wait 10 minutes to release pressure
- 8
When the rice is cooled enough to handle, shape them into about 2-inch size balls
- 9
Scoop about 1-2 tsp of serundeng and place on top of the sticky rice balls.