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Steamed rice cake with coconut milk (kararabah)

Steamed rice cake with coconut milk (kararabah)

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An Indonesian steamed cake, made with homemade rice flour, sugar, and coconut oil, and flavored with cumin and anise. It should be cut once it has cooled.

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Recipe from Yesya Aulia Agustina, Raflinoer32, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Karabath is an Indonesian cake made with rice flour and coconut. The coconut milk is extracted and cooked until it turns into a yellow oil, then the batter is steamed. It is flavored with cumin and anise.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsteam
  • Estimated cost$2.54 $0.32 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

8 people
  • $2.20
  • $0.08
  • $0.08
  • $0.18

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Clean the coconuts, grate them, and prepare the coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
  2. Cook it until the oil separates (the “belondo”), and reserve the yellow portion.
  3. Heat the water and sugar until they begin to simmer.
  4. Mix the rice flour with this syrup, then add the belondo. ≈ 4 min
  5. Pour: Pour, place the dough in individual ramekins and steam.
  6. Once cooked, sprinkle with cumin and fennel. ≈ 2 min
  7. Let it cool, then cut into pieces.

The bill

Steamed rice cake with coconut milk (kararabah)

  • 2 cups of rice flour (approximately 300g)$2.20
  • 1/2 cup of sugar (approximately 100g)$0.08
  • Cumin seeds$0.08
  • Fennel seeds$0.18

Total$2.54

that's $0.32 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of rice flour (approximately 300g)
  • 1/2 cup of sugar (approximately 100g)
  • 2 coconuts
  • water
  • Cumin seeds
  • Fennel seeds

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