Kue Nagasari (banana and rice coconut cake)

I have been missing this kue for a while. One of the reason was that I did not have a steamer. I checked one at local Asian market and the size is huge, cukup untuk orang sekampung (the quantity probably enough to feed the whole village, well I exaggerate a bit). Then last week, a friend of mine asked if I would like to have a steamer; since she and her family is relocating back to Bandung, Indonesia.

Well, I was just so happy and this kue nagasari was playing in my mind and other steamed foods, like pepes ikan, siomay and etc,etc. This is my very first attempt to make the nagasari. It was so easy to find in any traditional/modern cake shop in Indonesia so one did not really feel to cook it (isn't that the case with most food there? you might ask :) well, that's perhaps true.

So let's make our nagasari, here are the ingredients:

1 can coconut milk
1.25 cups rice flour
4 cup of water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 pandan leaves or 2 tsp pandan essence
1 big plantain banana; cut into three parts and then each part sliced into 6 smaller pieces
banana leaves to wrap

Directions:

1. Mix the coconut and the water split into two
2. Boiled one part of the mix, add the pandan leaves or essence, sugar and salt.
3. Mix the other part with flour and stir well into the other part (the boiling mix)
4. Stir the ingredients and low the fire (app 3-5 minutes). Set aside.
5. Meanwhile prepare the banana (cut into slices)
6. Cut the banana leaves into app. 10x12 cm or 1.5 palm size
7. Put two spoon of the mix on to banana leaves and top with sliced banana and wrap it. Do the same with the rest of ingredients
8. Steam the wraps for about 20 minutes.
9. It taste better when served cool (store in fridge)