How to Make Candil and Brown Sugar Variant of Sumsum Porridge

Illustration of Sumsum Candil porridge (Freepik/tyasinayanti)

YOGYAKARTA – Sumsum porridge is an Indonesian culinary made from rice flour and served with coconut milk or sugar syrup. How to make soft and delicious sumsum porridge can be done with simple ingredients. In addition, the steps are easy to follow.

Sumsum porridge has many variants. However, the most commonly consumed variants of porridge sumsum are sumsum candil porridge and brown sugar sumsum porridge.

Well, in this article we will discuss how to make sumsum candil porridge and brown sugar variants. Let's see the review!

How to Make Candil Rice Porridge

Candil porridge is a variant of sumsum porridge made from white sticky rice flour, tapioca, brown sugar, and coconut milk. The sticky rice flour is processed in such a way, then formed into balls and boiled in sugar water. Next, it is served with coconut milk sauce.

To make candil sumsum porridge, pay attention to the following things.

Ingredients to make candil:

• 6 tablespoons white sticky rice flour
• 1.5 tablespoons tapioca flour
• A pinch of salt
• 35 milliliters of warm water

Ingredients to make jenang gula Jawa (Javanese Sugar):

• 500 milliliters of water
• 150 grams of Javanese sugar
• 1 pandan leaf
• 1 tablespoon tapioca flour dissolved in a little water

Ingredients to make bubur sumsum:

• 50 grams of rice flour
• 500 liters of coconut milk
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 pandan leaf

Steps or how to make candil rice porridge:

• .The first step, make candil by mixing glutinous rice flour and tapioca flour. Add salt, and pour warm water little by little while kneading until it can be shaped. Next, make the dough into a ball and set aside.
• The second step, pour water into a pan, then add brown sugar, salt, and pandan leaves. Cook until boiling and the sugar dissolves. After that, strain the boiled results, then add the candil balls. Cook until the candil floats and is cooked.
• The third step, if the candil is cooked, pour the tapioca flour solution, stir quickly until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat, then set aside.
• The fourth step, make sumsum porridge by putting rice flour into a bowl, add salt, then pour 1/3 of the coconut milk, stir well.
• The fifth step, boil the remaining coconut milk and pandan leaves until boiling. Next, pour the rice flour and coconut milk solution while you stir until it thickens and is cooked. Make sure the porridge is cooked so that it doesn't smell of flour. Sumsum porridge is ready to be poured into a bowl to be served.

How to Make Brown Sugar Rice Porridge

This variant of sumsum porridge is the simplest and is often consumed as a daily snack.

Ingredients for making brown sugar rice porridge:

• 50 grams of rice flour
• 500 milliliters of medium thick coconut milk
• 1 pandan leaf
• ½ tsp salt

Ingredients for making brown sugar sauce:

• 150 grams of brown sugar
• 150 milliliters of water
• 1 pandan leaf

Steps to make brown sugar rice porridge:  

• The first step, make the palm sugar sauce by: putting the palm sugar, water, and pandan leaves in a pan. Cook the ingredients over medium heat until the water boils, the sugar dissolves, and the sauce thickens slightly.
• The second step, prepare another pan, then put the rice flour, coconut milk, salt, and pandan leaves into the pan.
• The third step, cook the porridge over medium heat that tends to be low. Make sure you stir the porridge mixture so that it doesn't burn. Turn off the heat when the porridge has thickened and bubbled.
• Serve the cooked porridge in a bowl, then pour over the palm sugar sauce.

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