''Kue satu'' (in
West Java
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and
Jakarta
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) or ''kue koya'' (in
Central
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and
East Java
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) is a popular traditional ''
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 ...
kering'' (dry traditional
cookie
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) made of sweet white-colored
mung bean
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powder that crumbles when bitten. It is commonly found as a traditional cookie in
Indonesia
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, especially in
Java
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. In Indonesia, this cookie is often served during festive occasions, such as ''
Lebaran
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'' (Eid al Fitr), ''
Natal'' (Christmas), and ''
Imlek'' (Chinese new year). It is believed that the cookies were derived from
Chinese Peranakan traditional cookies or dry ''kue''.
Ingredients and cooking method
''Kue satu'' or ''kue koya'' are made with only four ingredients;
mung beans, powdered
sugar
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,
vanilla extract, and water. The mung beans are dry-toasted until their skins start to crack, after which the skins are removed. The peeled mung beans are then mashed or ground manually with either a
mortar and pestle
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, or more modern kitchen devices, like a
food processor or
blender. Then, the powdered mung beans are mixed with powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a small amount of water to form a dough. This dough is then placed into small cookie molds and baked in the oven at 150°C. Afterwards, the baked cookies are aired and sun-dried for several hours, before being stored in air-tight glasses or plastic cookie jars.
Variants
The most common ''kue koya'' variant uses mung beans, which give the powder a white color. Another variant is called ''kue koya kacang tanah,'' which uses ground
peanut
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s instead of mung beans, thus creating a brown-colored ''kue koya''.
See also
*
Kue bangkit
''Kue bangkit'' is a small biscuit (''kue'' or ''kuih'') that made from sago starch of Malay origin, commonly found in Malaysia and Malaysia. This biscuit has various colours, ranging from white, yellowish to brown, depends on the additional ing ...
*
Kaasstengels
''Kaasstengels'' (), ''Kastengel'' or ''kue keju'' are a Dutch cheese snack in the shape of sticks. Owed to its colonial links to the Netherlands, kaasstengels are also commonly found in Indonesia. The name refers to its ingredients, shape and ...
*
Bakpia
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List of cookies
References
External links
Kue Satu recipe
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