Kue chasidah, mung bean dome
The kue chasidah, a traditional cake from the Riau Islands: a dome of sweetened mung beans covered in a cornmeal batter, decorated with scales and fried o…
Kue chasidah is a traditional cake from the Riau Islands, which combines a cornmeal-based batter with sweet mung beans.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time40 min
- Cook time40 min
- Total1 hr 20 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
- Estimated cost$2.03 $0.25 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $0.48
- $0.08
- $0.92
- $0.40
- $0.09
- $0.06
Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Beat the egg with the sugar, add the water, flour, and salt, then bake until halfway cooked. Incorporate the butter.
- Cook the mung beans in water with sugar until they reach a thick consistency. Arrange them on a flat plate in a mountain-like shape.
- Cover them with the cooked flour mixture, following the dome shape. ≈ 3 min
- Dig a hole at the top, in the shape of a crater, and then cut out the edges to create a ridged effect. ≈ 8 min
- Decorate each scale with boiled corn and fried onions.
The bill
Kue chasidah, mung bean dome
- 300 g of corn flour (2 cups)$0.48
- 100 g of sugar (1/2 cup)$0.08
- 100 g of butter (1/2 cup)$0.92
- 1 egg$0.40
- Sweet, cooked mung beans (green beans), in unlimited quantity$0.09
- salt, in sufficient quantity$0.06
Total$2.03
that's $0.25 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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