Traditional Nagasari Recipe
Nagasari is a traditional Indonesian wet cake made from rice flour and coconut milk, filled with banana, and wrapped in banana leaves before being steamed. This cake has a sweet and savory taste, with the distinct fragrances of pandan leaves and banana leaves adding to its unique aroma.
Ingredients
- 250 grams rice flour
- 1 liter coconut milk from 1 coconut
- 75 grams sugar
- 5 banana uli (or other types of banana)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 pandan leaves
- Banana leaves for wrapping
Instructions
- Dilute rice flour with part of the coconut milk until smooth.
- Boil the rest of the coconut milk with sugar, salt, and pandan leaves.
- Mix in the diluted rice flour,
- stir continuously until it thickens, then let it cool.
- Peel and cut the bananas.
- Take a spoonful of the Nagasari mixture, flatten it on a plastic sheet, and place a piece of banana in the middle.
- Cover with more mixture and shape into a ball.
- Wrap each ball with banana leaves, folding twice.
- Steam for about 30-40 minutes or until the banana leaves turn brownish.
- Serve the Nagasari once cooked