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This is one of the all time favourite Malay dessert. It is fantastic when you bring them along for a picnic.

Ingredients:-

14 oz glutinous rice flour
10 oz sweet potatoes
3 tbsp pandan juice [screwpine leaves]
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp water
4 oz gula Melaka [Malaccan sugar]
2 cups fresh grated coconut

Preparation:-

Break up the gula Melaka [Malaccan sugar] into small pieces. Peel, cook and mash sweet potatoes. Sieve glutinous flour into a large bowl
Add mashed sweet potatoes and pandan juice. Mix well to combine and knead into a dough. Form dough into small balls, about 1 inch diameter
Make a hole in the center of the ball and fill with a small piece of gula Melaka. Roll again to make it into a small ball. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the dough balls. When they float to the surface of the water, remove and place on a draining tray or sieve. Add salt to the fresh grated coconut. Mix well. Roll the cooked glutinous balls over the coconut. Best served warm - pops in your mouth with a sweet sensation of oozing gula Melaka [Malaccan sugar] syrup!