Let's Try Kue Pukis: Indonesian Coconut Milk Cake

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Don't worry, you will not get starved when you walk around exploring the streets in Indonesia. You can easily find many choices of snacks/foods sold by vendors on the street any hour. You may choose "gorengan" (various fried stuffs like fried banana, fried tempe, fried tofu, and fried cassava), "martabak" (a dish influenced by Arabic tradition), "serabi" (Indonesian pancake made from rice flour), or "kue pukis" (Indonesian coconut milk cake). This time, let's talk about "kue pukis"!

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"Kue" in Bahasa Indonesia means cake; so "pukis" is a kind of cake in Indonesia. "Kue pukis" is a simple snack which is so easy to make. It's made from wheat flour, coconut milk, yeast, and sugar. The dough is put on mold then roasted for a moment. The sellers may add various kinds of topping like chocolate sprinkles, strawberry or peanut jam. Just for about 5 minutes, "kue pukis" is ready. The price of "kue pukis" is so affordable. Each has the price around 400 - 1,000 IDR (1 US$ is around 9,000 IDR), so it is very cheap, isn't it!

The photos here were taken in Pasar Legi, a traditional market in Solo City (Surakarta), Central Java, Indonesia. The price of "kue pukis" in Pasar Legi is only 400 IDR.

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