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Kue bangkit, sesame sago cookies

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The kue bangkit is a biscuit from Palembang, made with sago, palm sugar, and coconut milk, baked on a tray and then sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds, p…

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Kue bangkit is a specialty of Palembang, made with glutinous rice and palm sugar.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time6 hr 15 min
  • Total6 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodOven baking
  • Estimated cost$1.20 $0.06 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

20 people
  • $0.19
  • $0.21
  • $0.80

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Grill the sagou for about 10 minutes, without any added liquid.
  2. Grind the coconut and make coconut milk from it. ≈ 8 min
  3. Cook the palm sugar, semolina sugar, and coconut milk until it thickens into a syrup. Allow to simmer for 6 hours.
  4. Whisk the thick syrup with the eggs until it becomes light and fluffy. ≈ 4 min
  5. Mix the sugar until it forms a paste, then flatten it and cut out the cookies. ≈ 8 min
  6. Bake the cookies on the baking sheet, then sprinkle with sesame seeds before flipping them over.

The bill

Kue bangkit, sesame sago cookies

  • 250 g of palm sugar (gula merah)$0.19
  • Sugar semolina, in any quantity$0.21
  • 2 eggs$0.80

Total$1.20

that's $0.06 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of couscous
  • 250 g of palm sugar (gula merah)
  • Sugar semolina, in any quantity
  • 2 eggs
  • Half a coconut
  • sesame seeds, for decoration

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