Recipe Ice Cendol

Es Cendol is a traditional dessert originating from Indonesia, Es cendol is an Indonesian drink made from rice flour served with coconut milk,   ice cubes or shaved ice and sugar palm. All around Indonesia, you can find ice cendol sold at hawker stalls.

Serves for 4 glases

Preparation time 20 minutes

Cooking time 10 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients :

• 450 cc water
• 125 gr rice flour
• 75 cc pandan leaves water (boil water with pandan leaves until it has green color)
• 50 gr sago flour
• salt as needed

Red Sugar syrup of palm sugar

• 200 gr palm sugar, boil with 125 cc of water until it dissolves. Strain the palm sugar water and boil again. Set your cendol aside.
• 500 cc coconut milk. Boil and set aside to cool.
• 1 can of jackfruit in syrup, cut into small bite-sized pieces (optional)

How to make cendol

1. Mix rice flour and sago flour, then mix it with some of the water.
2. Boil the rest of the water, add green pandan leaves water and salt.
3. Put the flour mixtures into the boiled water.
4. Stir well and cook until it thickens (paste-like).
5. Drain with special cendol strain (usually the strainer has round holes), so when we press the cendol mixture it will go out of the strain as roundish short cendol.
6. Put these cendol directly into a bowl with water and ice in it.
7. Cendol will be solid and then drain them again. Set aside.

How to serve cendol

Put some cendol into a tall glass, pour palm sugar syrup and coconut milk (separate layers). You can add shaved ice or just ice cubes.