“Sticky coconut rice cakes”

“Sticky coconut rice cakes”

Desserts

Small, slightly misshapen rice cakes, filled with sweetened shredded coconut, scented with rose, and colored red and green.

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Bunga pudak is a popular Malaysian dessert: a thin, sticky rice flour dough, shaped into rounds in a pan, then topped with sweet coconut and folded into a square. The topping, flavored with rose, takes on two distinct colors.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodbread
  • Estimated cost$5.28 $0.66 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

8 people

Decoration

  • $0.27
  • $0.06
  • $1.25
  • $1.25

Dough

  • $2.41
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. For the filling, divide the mixture into two colors. ≈ 2 min
  2. Gather the ingredients by color and mix them thoroughly. ≈ 4 min
  3. Bake in the oven at medium heat, stirring occasionally until the filling is dry.
  4. Book now. ≈ 3 min
  5. For the dough, combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and let it rest for 30 minutes.
  6. Mix the water with the salt, then gradually pour it over the flour. ≈ 4 min
  7. Continue working until you achieve the desired breadcrumb texture. ≈ 3 min
  8. Heat a flat griddle over medium heat.
  9. Place one tablespoon of dough in a sieve and shake it around in the pan.
  10. Place the filling in the center. ≈ 3 min
  11. Fold into a square. ≈ 3 min
  12. Take a moment, then remove from the pan.
  13. Repeat until all the dough is used. ≈ 3 min
  14. Serve. ≈ 2 min

The bill

“Sticky coconut rice cakes”

  • 240 grams of sugar$0.27
  • salt$0.06
  • red food coloring$1.25
  • green food coloring$1.25
  • 240 g of glutinous rice flour$2.41
  • 1 teaspoon of fine salt$0.04

Total$5.28

that's $0.66 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of shredded white coconut
  • 240 grams of sugar
  • salt
  • rose scent
  • red food coloring
  • green food coloring
  • 240 g of glutinous rice flour
  • 150 ml of water
  • 1 teaspoon of fine salt

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