Today I prepared a traditional cake in Aceh, timphan pumpkin stuffed with coconut, this cake is very well known by the people of Aceh, in fact this cake is also prepared for any event.
This timphan can usually be prepared with bananas, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and many other preparations that can be made into timphan.
This cake is also very popular with many people, apart from being processed with natural ingredients, this cake is also very long-lasting if stored in the refrigerator.
✴️ingredients :
🔸500 grams of yellow pumpkin.
🔸glutinous rice flour 900 grams.
🔸yellow food coloring.
🔸grated coconut 400 grams.
🔸 500 grams of granulated sugar.
🔸condensed coconut milk 400 grams.
🔸banana leaves to taste.
🔸salt 1/2 teaspoon.
✴️how to make:
🔹cut the pumpkin into several parts, remove the seeds, peel the skin and take out the contents, cut into small pieces.
🔹 Put the cleaned pumpkin into the pan, pour in the thick coconut milk.
🔹 add salt, cook until cooked and soft, make sure the pumpkin is cooked and very crushed, so it is easy to mix with the flour.
🔹 Put the grated coconut into the pan, add sugar and a little salt.
🔹 Add pandan leaves, cook until evenly mixed with sugar.
🔹add food coloring, you can also use pandan paste, and other colors.
🔹Cook the coconut until cooked and dry, taste test according to taste.
🔹Prepare a place to mix the dough, add the flour, add the yellow pumpkin that has been cooked with coconut milk.
🔹stir evenly and not hard, make sure the pumpkin and flour are the right amount and the right amount.
🔹Prepare the banana leaves for the dough, add a little oil so that it blends with the flour, so that it doesn't stick to the banana leaves when wrapped and eaten, so that the cake is easy to open.
🔹 Add the flour mixture, add the cooked coconut.
🔹wrap the dough neatly, do this periodically until you run out of flour and grated coconut.
🔹steam for more or less 30 minutes, or you can adjust it according to doneness.
🔹When it's cooked, remove from heat and serve.
This traditional cake is very popular with many people in my area, apart from the soft and sweet texture of the cake, the taste in it is also very natural and delicious, this snack is suitable to be enjoyed with other sweet drinks. Thank you