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Salak seeds

Salak seeds

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Discover this traditional Indonesian recipe, made with sweet potatoes, coconut milk, and cane sugar.

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Recipe from Raihankakicak, Raflinoer32 (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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“Salak seeds” is a classic Indonesian dish, made with sweet potatoes, coconut milk, and cane sugar.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsteaming, cooking over an open flame
  • Estimated cost$11.34 $1.89 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $9.30
  • $1.08
  • $0.87
  • $0.05
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Cook the sweet potato until it is tender, then peel and puree it.
  2. Mix the sweet potato puree with cornstarch until you have a smooth paste that can be shaped. ≈ 10 min
  3. The dough should take the form of an oval ball, about the size of a marble. ≈ 10 min
  4. Bring the dough balls to a boil until they float to the surface, then remove them and let them cool.
  5. Crush the coconut, then prepare 4 cups of coconut milk. ≈ 4 min
  6. Reserve 2 glasses of coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
  7. Cook the remaining coconut milk with palm sugar, lime leaves, and salt until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil.
  8. Next, add a cornstarch solution, and mix until the sauce thickens.
  9. Add the potato pieces to the sauce and cook for a few minutes.
  10. Serve with a coconut milk sauce, which should be heated beforehand. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Salak seeds

  • 1 kg of sweet potatoes$9.30
  • 250 g of cornstarch$1.08
  • 250 g of cane sugar$0.87
  • salt, as needed$0.05
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (to thicken the sauce)$0.04

Total$11.34

that's $1.89 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of sweet potatoes
  • 250 g of cornstarch
  • Half a coconut
  • 250 g of cane sugar
  • 4 leaves of lemon basil
  • salt, as needed
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (to thicken the sauce)

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