Sweet corn pudding with palm sugar and coconut milk.
A Lampung specialty from Sumatra: a soft, ground corn porridge cooked with coconut milk and palm sugar, served on a banana leaf.
Jenang is a specialty dish from Lampung, in southern Sumatra. It is a maize-based porridge made with coconut milk and palm sugar, which is then cut into pieces once it has cooled.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time30 min
- Resting1 hr
- Total2 hr
- DifficultyMedium
- CostModerate
- Cooking methodnibbling
- Estimated cost$34.78 $3.48 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $29.90
- $0.28
- $0.10
- $4.50
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Grind the corn, add 40 cl of hot water, press and filter to extract the starch. ≈ 8 min
- Grate the coconut and extract 40 cl of coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
- Combine the maize flour, coconut milk, palm sugar, and salt, then cook until a thick porridge forms.
- Spread evenly in a greased and lined baking dish. ≈ 3 min
- Once it has cooled, cut it into pieces.
The bill
Sweet corn pudding with palm sugar and coconut milk.
- 10 ears of sweet corn$29.90
- 250 g of palm sugar$0.28
- salt$0.10
- Banana leaves, for lining the mold$4.50
Total$34.78
that's $3.48 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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