Cantik manis - indonesian sweet pretty cake

Ingredients

• 100 g colourful sago/tapioca pearls
• 50 g mung bean flour
• 500 mL coconut milk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 90 g sugar (the recipe calls for 100 g)
• 1 pandan leaf, knotted
• banana leaves or plastic sheets, for wrapping

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Preparation

• In a boiling water, put sago pearls and cook until done and transparent and strain. Dilute mung bean flour with some parts of coconut milk and set aside.
• Boil remaining coconut milk and pandan leaf with salt, then add mung bean flour mixture and stir.
• Add sugar, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Add sago pearls, stir well and remove from heat.
• Pour the mixture into moulds. Leave to cool. Unmould the cakes and serve.