Kue rangi or also called sagu rangi is an

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'' or traditional snack made of a coconut and

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and cooked in a special molded pan. It is one of the traditional Betawi snack of

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. Kue rangi often described as Indonesian coconut waffle. The mold pan is similar to

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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 cake. The special grill-like metal mold used in making kue rangi is also used in other Indonesian traditional ''kue''; including kue pancong (also known as bandros in West Java) and kue pukis (which is made with

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batter instead). However, compared to kue pukis, kue rangi's mold pan has a smaller basin tubs holes, and the cake is left stuck together, thus made its shape akin to

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Ingredients and cooking method

This cake is made from a mixture of

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starch, which is called by Betawi people as sago flour, with grated coconut flesh, salt, mixed with water as a batter and poured upon a special metal mold and baked on a small stove. Compared to similarly shaped coconut kue pancong, kue rangi has a more drier texture. Kue rangi is served with a spread of liquid

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or coconut sugar sauce thickened with a little starch, thus it has a thick, slightly runny, gelatinized sweet brown sauce. In order to add a pleasant fruity fragrance, this thick liquid sugar is sometimes mixed with pieces of jackfruit, pineapple or a knot of

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. Traditionally, freshly baked kue rangi usually has a pleasant smoky aroma because it is cooked using wood-fueled stove.

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Kue rangi, kue pancong and kue pukis are quite similar, thus the three hot cakes are often mistakenly identified. The general differences between those three hot cakes are as follows:

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Kue rangi recipes

Kue rangi video in youtube
{{Indonesian cuisine Kue Foods containing coconut Street food in Indonesia

Ingredients and cooking method

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