''Kue pancong'' (in

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

and Betawi), ''kue pancung'' (in Sumatran Malay), ''bandros'' (in

Sundanese Sundanese may refer to: * Sundanese people * Sundanese language * Sundanese script Standard Sundanese script (''Aksara Sunda Baku'', ) is a writing system which is used by the Sundanese people. It is built based on Old Sundanese script (' ...

), ''gandos'' (in Javanese), or ''buroncong'' (in Makassarese) is an

kue Kue is an Indonesian bite-sized snack or dessert food. Kue is a fairly broad term in Indonesian to describe a wide variety of snacks including cakes, cookies, fritters, pies, scones, and patisserie. Kue are made from a variety of ingredients in ...

'' or traditional snack made of a rice flour and coconut-based

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and cooked in a special mold pan. It is a commonly found snack in Indonesian traditional markets. Kue pancong is usually associated with

Betawi cuisine Betawi cuisine is rich, diverse and eclectic, in part because the Betawi people that create them were composed from numbers of regional immigrants that came from various places in the Indonesian archipelago, as well as Chinese, Indian, Arab, and ...

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, while bandros is often associated with

Sundanese cuisine Sundanese cuisine is the cuisine of the Sundanese people of Western Java, and Banten, Indonesia. It is one of the most popular foods in Indonesia. Sundanese food is characterised by its freshness; the famous lalab eaten with sambal and also k ...

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

city, and buroncong with Makassarese cuisine of

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, although all refer to the same coconut hot cake. The mold pan is similar to

muffin tin A muffin or cupcake tray is a mold in which muffins or cupcakes are baked. A single cup within a regular muffin tin is and most often has room for 12 muffins, although tins holding 6, 8, 11, 24, and 35 muffins do exist. A single cup within a mi ...

but has rectangular basins instead of rounded. It took form of a row of rectangular basins of small tubs with a rounded half-moon bottom, thus create a half-moon or boat-shaped hot cakes. Pancong mold is quite similar to waffle mold. The special grill-like metal mold used in making kue pancong is also used in other Indonesian traditional ''kue''; including kue pukis and

kue rangi Kue rangi or also called sagu rangi is an Indonesian coconut ''kue'' or traditional snack made of a coconut and starch-based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is one of the traditional Betawi snack of Jakarta. Kue rangi often descri ...

, thus the shape is quite similar to those cakes. Kue pancong is often regarded as the coconut version of wheat-based kue pukis.

Ingredients and cooking method

The batter is made from the mixture of rice flour, grated ripe coconut, granulated crystal

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coconut milk Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk are due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a traditional food i ...

, pandan leaves (optional for aroma), water, vegetable oil or

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to grease the mold pan. Granules of crystal sugar were sprinkled as the topping.

Summary table

Kue pancong, kue pukis and

are quite similar, this was mainly owed to the similar mold pan being used, thus the three hot cakes are often mistakenly identified. The general differences between those three hot cakes are as follows:

References

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Kue pancong recipe

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Ingredients and cooking method

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See also

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