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6 local sweet snacks we always crave
Today’s sweet trend maybe all about salted egg croissant or anything with charcoal, but these traditional sweets listed below will always have a place in your heart and stomach.
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Gulali, or cotton candy in English, is spun sugar with a touch of pink coloring. (shutterstock.com/-)
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oday’s sweet trends may all be about salted egg croissants or anything with charcoal, but the traditional sweets listed below will always have a place in our hearts and stomachs since they are pocket-friendly, remind us of our childhoods, and can be found on almost every street corner.
Gulali
Gulali (cotton candy) is spun sugar with a touch of pink coloring. You usually find the vendors selling it from their bicycles in front of a school gate or at festivals.
Rambut Nenek
Literally meaning "grandma’s hair", it’s basically a concoction of brightly colored plain crackers with rough-textured cotton candy sandwiched between them. Nowadays even supermarket sell this traditional snack.
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Kue Cubit
This sweet has been delighting Indonesians’ tastebuds perhaps ever since the country's independence (spare us a little exaggeration). Yet, kue cubit (small pancake) recently became a social media trend ever since a creative vendor added a Japanese touch to it: green tea.
The pancake is usually sold in six small pieces, now some vendors are leveling up their creativity by adding flavors such as red velvet, Ovomaltine and taro.
Kue tete/ape
The name kue tete comes from its breast-like shape, though it’s actually a traditional pancake with a green soft center and thin crisp crepe surrounding it. The batter is made from rice flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla powder and coconut milk.
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Kue pancong
Kue pancong is a traditional Betawi cake usually only found in Jakarta.
The basic ingredient of this half-moon-shape cake is coconut and the sellers usually walk around the neighborhood shouldering all of the baking utensils and the batter.
A photo posted by MAKAN KELILING (@makankeliling) on
Kue lekker
Kue lekker is basically a pancake-like treat with thin crisp crepes folded in half and stuffed with chocolate, however vendors have begun adding more fillings to the menu such as Nutella or Ovomaltine. (kes)
