Wajik

Ingredients:  

1 kg sticky rice

½ tsp salt

1 coconut (to make 6 cups coconut milk)

½ kg gula Jawa (Palm sugar)

¼ tsp fresh ginger water (grate fresh ginger, soak in a small amount of water and squeeze through a cloth)

¼ tsp vanilla

How to make:

Wash rice, cover with water and soak overnight. Steam rice and ½ tsp salt in a steamer until tender. Mix palm sugar, coconut milk, vanilla and ginger water; cook about 30 minutes, or until sticky. Add steamed rice, mix well until white color of rice disappears and turns brown; mixture will be thick. Pour mixture into a plate and spread evenly. Cool and cut into pieces.