Onde-onde (buah Melaka/ glutinous rice ball with gula melaka filling)

Onde-onde

This simple kuih is our favourite for berbuka puasa ( iftar). I made  for berbuka puasa  welcoming  Rajab . Onde-onde is one of famous kuih in Kelantan (my home town)  we can easily bought them every day not necessarily during Ramadhan but I associate onde-onde for berbuka puasa because it was our family affair  when they were little.I  first introduced onde-onde to my kids when we were in far Lalaland about our root. They love playing with the dough making into a ball shape after fill in the manisan filling. But for them I will subtitueted  with  sweeten mug bean paste filling because they found manisan a bit too sweet. I love both fillings. They found  onde-onde is cool...floating like gnocci when they are cooked in boiling water :D

Ingredients

Dough
90g (3 tbspn)  glutinous rice flour
A few pc of dandanus leaves proces in a blender to get the green extract or
1/4 green food colouring
salt to taste
2-4 tbsp water

Fillling
2 tbsp gula melaka cube
or
mug bean paste
Cook dry mug beans in boiling water until tender,drain well,mesh and sweeten with some sugar.shape into little balls.

Coating
Finely grated coconut white part only, season with some salt

Meanwhile
 Boil water in a pot to cook the onde-onde balls

To make the dough
1.Sift the flour into a bowl and gradually add the water and pandan extract to form a soft dough.Knead until smooth.Divide the dough into half and roll each peace into cylindrical 1 inch in diameter,then cut it into 1 inch slices.Keep the working surface  dusted with  glutinous rice flour and roll each peace into a  ball.Cover them with dry cloth.
2.Floured fingers,flatten each ball to 21/2 inch circle and place a cube of manisan or mug bean ball in the centre.Gather the edge  to make into a ball shape and roll it in between your palm.Continue  with the remaining  dough and filling.
3.Drop the onde-onde balls into the boiling water and when they are floating to the surface,lift  out with a slotted spoon and drain well.

To make the coating
Season the grated coconut a pinch of  salt.Toss the onde-onde balls in the coconut. My kids will call this "winter time" :D  Jom makan.  (Do not refrigerate.)