Kue kembang goyang or kuih loyang is an

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and

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flower-shaped traditional snack (

kuih ''Kuih'' (Indonesian: ''kue''; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew ''kueh'' – ) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called cake ...

), associated with

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and

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Etymology

If it is translated into English, the word ''kembang goyang'' means a shaking flower ( kembang). Kue kembang goyang is made of

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which is mixed with eggs, sugar, a pinch of salt, and

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. The dough can be fried after heating the oil and the kembang goyang mold. After the oil and kembang goyang mold get hot, the mold can be put into the dough and then put into the hot oil again while shaking a mold until the dough get unattached.

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