Cendol- Indonesia Most Well-known Beverage

Well, have you ever been in Indonesia, especially in Java? If you did, now I want to ask againJ, have you tasted Cendol? If you have, now I want to tell you the origin of Cendol and how to make it.

Cendol is popular beverage in south-east Asia like in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Cendol that contains ice and some others material is popular in Indonesia especially in Ramadan month. Many sellers will sell this beverage with various favors. 

Cendol is made from pulverize rice and served with scraped ice, coconut milk and brown sugar that has been melted. Yeah that is why the taste of cendol is so sweet and yummy. In Indonesia, Cendol itself has another name like “es dawet.”

How to make cendol, well that is the ingredients:

CENDOL

• 100 gr rice flour
• 2 tablespoons wheat starch
• 500 ml water
• 1/2 food color teaspoon

And you have got to follow these steps:

• Mix the rice flour and wheat starch

• Pour 150 ml water and some drops of food color
• Boil the rest of water and then put the batter and stir until the batter becomes thick and slick

• Prepare a big bowl that has been added some water inside it and then put “cendol printing” in the bowl

• Pour the batter into the “cendol printing” and then push it

• After all batter has been made into cendol, separate between water and cendol

• Then, take some glasses and put some ice, brown sugar that has been melted, coconut milk and cendol inside it.

• Well cendol now can be served and tasted

Es Dawet

Es Cendol

Cendol or Dawet

Click here to watch how to make cendol in video