3 Ideas for Processed Palm Fruit for Takjil: Recipes and How to Make Them

Illustration of collang-kaling (Freepik) processing

YOGYAKARTA – Palm fruit is often used as an ingredient in takjil (iftar snacks) dishes such as kolak, fruit soup, and es teler. If you have a stock of palm fruit at home and are confused about what to process it into, check out the ideas for palm fruit dishes in the following article.

3 Ideas for Processed Palm Fruit

Palm fruit can be used as a refreshing takjil menu. Its chewy texture and neutral taste make palm fruit easy to process into various dishes.

Compiled from various sources, here are ideas for processed palm fruit for takjil menus that you can make at home:

Palm fruit pudding

The first idea for processed palm fruit is pudding. You can add pieces of palm fruit to the chewy and soft pudding dough.

You can also add brightly colored candied palm fruit as a filling for the pudding to make it more attractive.

To make sugar palm pudding, prepare the following ingredients:

• 1 pack of green jelly powder
• 1 pack of young coconut jelly powder
• 300 grams of sugar palm
• 1 liter of full cream UHT milk
• 50 grams of granulated sugar
• 100 grams of granulated sugar
• 400 ml of water

Once all the ingredients are ready, follow the instructions for making sugar palm pudding below:

• Mix one tablespoon of green jelly powder, 100 grams of granulated sugar, and 500 ml of full cream UHT (Ultra High Temperatured) milk in a pan. Stir until homogeneous, then cook until boiling while stirring occasionally. When it boils, remove from heat and let the steam escape. Then pour the sugar palm into a container and let it harden. Set aside.
• Put the coconut jelly powder in a pan. Add 100 grams of granulated sugar and 400 ml of full cream UHT milk. Stir well first. When it boils, then add the sugar palm. Stir well then continue cooking until thickened. Turn off the heat, let the steam dissipate.
• Pour it over the hardened agar, then let the jelly harden.
• While waiting for the jelly to harden, continue cooking the remaining green agar powder along with 50 grams of granulated sugar and 400 ml of water until it boils. When it's done, turn off the heat and let the steam dissipate. Then, pour it over the jelly and let it harden.
• The sugar palm pudding is ready to be served.

Basil seed sugar palm ice

Next, you can also make basil seed sugar palm ice. This basil sugar palm ice tastes fresh and sweet, blending in the throat when gulped.

Ingredients for making basil sugar palm ice:

• 500 grams of sugar palm
• 125 grams of granulated sugar
• 2 pandan leaves
• 300 ml of water
• Red food coloring to taste
• 150 ml of cocopandan syrup
• 350 ml of evaporated milk
• 1 tbsp of basil seeds
• 150 ml of hot water
• Ice cubes to taste.

How to make basil sugar palm ice:

• Put 300 ml of water and granulated sugar into a pan. Add the sugar palm and pandan leaves, cook over medium heat while continuing to stir until dissolved.

  When the sugar has dissolved, add red food coloring, stir well, and continue cooking until thickened. Turn off the heat, drain.

• Prepare a container, then fill it with basil seeds and hot water. Don't forget to stir and let it sit until the basil seeds expand. Set aside.
• Take the cooked sugar palm, then cut it into pieces. Set aside.
• Prepare a bowl filled with ice cubes, then add the pieces of sugar palm, basil seeds, evaporated milk, and cocopandan syrup, stir well.
• Basil seed sugar palm ice is ready to be served.

Palm Fruit Kolak

The last idea for processed sugar palm fruit is kolak. Making palm fruit kolak is very easy. However, make sure you clean the sugar palm first and cook it until soft.

Ingredients for making Palm Fruit Kolak:

• 4 bananas
• 200 grams of kolang-kaling
• 700 ml of water
• 100 grams of brown sugar
• 100 grams of granulated sugar
• 1 pandan leaf
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp vanilla powder
• 1 sachet of instant coconut milk

How to make palm fruit kolak:

• Peel the bananas, cut them into small pieces, then set aside.
• Mix the grated brown sugar and granulated sugar in a pan. Add water, salt, vanilla powder, and pandan leaves. Cook until it's boiling.
• When it boils. Remove and strain. After that, boil the sugar water again with the palm fruit and bananas until they're boiling.
• When it boils, add the coconut milk. Continue to cook until it's boiling.
• The palm fruit kolak is ready to be served.

That's the information about kolang-kaling processed ideas for takjil. Get other selected news updates only on VOI.ID.