Kue bangkit, sesame sago cookies
The kue bangkit is a biscuit from Palembang, made with sago, palm sugar, and coconut milk, baked on a tray and then sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds, p…
At a glance: serves 20 people, 6 hr 45 min total (30 min prep and 6 hr 15 min cook time), difficulty: hard, about $0.33 per person.
Kue bangkit is a specialty of Palembang, made with glutinous rice and palm sugar.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time6 hr 15 min
- Total6 hr 45 min
- DifficultyHard
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodOven baking
- Estimated cost$6.61 $0.33 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 16, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $5.40
- $0.41
- $0.80
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Grill the sagou for about 10 minutes, without any added liquid.
- Grind the coconut and make coconut milk from it. ≈ 8 min
- Cook the palm sugar, semolina sugar, and coconut milk until it thickens into a syrup. Allow to simmer for 6 hours.
- Whisk the thick syrup with the eggs until it becomes light and fluffy. ≈ 4 min
- Mix the sugar until it forms a paste, then flatten it and cut out the cookies. ≈ 8 min
- Bake the cookies on the baking sheet, then sprinkle with sesame seeds before flipping them over.
The bill
Kue bangkit, sesame sago cookies
- 250 g of palm sugar (gula merah)$5.40
- Sugar semolina, in any quantity$0.41
- 2 eggs$0.80
Total$6.61
that's $0.33 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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