Onde Onde, Penang Nyonya Kuih

These are my wife's homemade Onde Onde (18 October 2014)


Onde-Onde are pandan-flavoured glutinous rice balls stuffed with palm sugar. It is said to have originated from Java, although it is also popularly made in Malaysia by both the Malays as well as the Chinese, who often thought of it as one of the Nyonya kuihs. Ironically, onde-onde is known in Java as klepon, while to the Javanese, the name onde-onde itself refers to the Chinese rice ball, jin deui.

18 October, 2014
My wife has not made onde-onde for a long time. Today, out of the blue, she decided it was time to once again make a batch of it. We bought some grated coconut from the Jelutong Market, and a few hours later, there was a batch of onde-onde coming out of the kitchen. I arranged them onto a saucer to photograph, and in between photographing, I managed to down a few of them. Unlike the onde-onde sold in the market, these are still hot on the inside, having just come out of the kitchen. It feels so nice when you bite into it, and it kind of explodes in your mouth, and its palm sugar filling comes bursting out. Delicious!

Onde-onde Recipe

Hang on ... once my wife has chance to describe how she makes it, I'll write it here!

These are Onde Onde bought in the market (14 February 2013)

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