GINGER RONDE DRINK

GINGER RONDE DRINK is a traditional Javanese drink served in a bowl, which is very helpful when the weather is cold. From the words, drink is a Javanese language means a drink, ginger ronde is the name for the main part of the drink. This kind of drink uses ginger as its ingredient. To get the merit, ginger is boiled in the water, along with other substances. As it has ginger, it will warm anybody who drinks it. The taste is sweet but rather hot.

Ingredients:
Skin:
• 150 grams glutinous rice flour
• 2 teasoons sago flour
• salt, according to taste
• 25 cc betel lime liquid
• 50 cc warm water
• food dye, according to preference


Filling:
• 50 grams peanuts, dry-fried, peeled and pounded coarsely with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Ginger Sauce:
• 1 litre water
• 2 ½ tablespoons ginger, minced
• 3 stalks lemon grass, cut into 3 pieces each and bruised
• 2 screw pine leaves, shredded an tied into knots
• 200 grams granulated sugar

Preparations:
• Skin: mix glutinous rice flour, sago flour and salt. Add betel lime liquid and warm water a little at a time, kneading until the dough can be shaped. Divide into 2-3 parts, each dyed a different colour.
• Make balls as big as quail’s eggs, flatten and place filling in the centre. Close up the dough and reshape into balls.
• Cook balls in the boiling water until they float and are done. Drain.
• Put ginger ronde balls in ginger sauce and serve
• Ginger Sauce: boil water and ingredients in covered saucepan on low heat for 30 minutes until the aroma is quite strong. Sieve.