Klepon (Sweet Rice Ball)

• 1 1/2 cup glutinous rice flour
• 3/4 cup lukewarm water (or coconut milk)
• 3 drops pandan paste (or green food coloring)
• 8 tbsp grated palm sugar
• 1 cup fresh grated coconut
• 1/2 tsp salt

1. mix coconut with salt and steam for 10 minutes
2. in a bowl, mix glutinous rice flour with lukewarm water and pandan paste into a firm but flexible dough
3. pull of one full teaspoon of the dough and shape it into a ball with approximately 1 inch in diameter
4. push a finger into the center of the ball to make hole, put in 1/2 teaspoon of grated sugar.
5. seal it and roll it back into ball with the palm of your hands
6. prepare all the balls and set them aside
7. prepare a pot half filled with water and bring it to boil
8. drop the balls into boiling water.
9. remove the balls once they float to the water surface and then roll it in grated coconut
10. serve it at room temperature
11. makes 30 balls

rice flour, water, paste, palm sugar, coconut, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/334118-klepon-sweet-rice-ball (may not work)