Kue chasidah, mung bean dome

Kue chasidah, mung bean dome

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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…

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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

8 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

  1. Beat the egg with the sugar, add the water, flour, and salt, then bake until halfway cooked. Incorporate the butter.
  2. 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.
  3. Cover them with the cooked flour mixture, following the dome shape. ≈ 3 min
  4. 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
  5. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of corn flour (2 cups)
  • 100 g of sugar (1/2 cup)
  • 100 g of butter (1/2 cup)
  • 1 egg
  • 60 cl of water (3 cups)
  • fried onions, to taste
  • Boiled corn, to taste
  • Sweet, cooked mung beans (green beans), in unlimited quantity
  • salt, in sufficient quantity

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