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30 Easy Indonesian Dessert Recipes Made with Simple Ingredients
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items Discover 30 easy Indonesian dessert recipes made with simple ingredients. From traditional sweets to modern treats, perfect for any occasion.
Es Cendol is a refreshing Indonesian dessert drink made with soft green rice flour jelly, creamy coconut milk, and sweet palm sugar syrup served over ice. The green jelly strands, known as cendol, are traditionally colored and flavored with pandan le...
Ice Cendol / Es Dawet (Pandan Jelly Dessert)
Pandan Ang Ku Kueh is a traditional Southeast Asian sweet pastry featuring a soft, chewy glutinous rice skin infused with fragrant pandan leaves. The vibrant green exterior is shaped in the iconic tortoise-shell pattern that symbolizes good fortune, ...
Pandan Ang Ku Kueh with Sweet Peanut Filling
Kue Lupis Ketan is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaves and boiled until soft and chewy. Once cooked, the rice cakes are cut into bite-sized pieces, coated with freshly grated coconut, and generously driz...
Kue Lupis Ketan / Kuih Lopes (Pressure Cooker or Boiling Method)
Martabak Manis is a beloved Indonesian sweet pancake known for its thick, fluffy texture and rich variety of fillings. Cooked on a special griddle, the pancake develops a soft, airy interior and a slightly crispy golden crust. Once cooked, it is gene...
Min Jiang Kueh - Ban Jian Kuih - Martabak Manis - Apam Balik (No Yeast)
Serabi Kinca is a traditional Indonesian dessert consisting of soft, fluffy rice flour pancakes served with a rich palm sugar and coconut milk sauce known as kinca. The pancakes are traditionally cooked in small clay pans, giving them a slightly cris...
Serabi Kuah Kinca: Indonesian Coconut Milk Pancakes with Coconut Sauce
Ongol-Ongol Hunkwe is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from hunkwe flour (mung bean starch), sugar, and coconut milk, creating a soft, smooth, and slightly chewy texture. The dessert is often flavored with pandan, giving it a fragrant aroma and ...
Ongol Ongol Hunkwe (Mung Bean Starch Cake with Grated Coconut)
Bubur Candil Ubi Jalar is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from small chewy sweet potato balls cooked in a sweet palm sugar syrup and served with a rich coconut milk sauce. The candil is made by combining mashed sweet potatoes with glutinous ric...
Bubur Candil Ubi Jalar / Kolak Biji Salak
Putu Bambu is a traditional Indonesian steamed rice cake made from rice flour, shaped inside bamboo tubes, and filled with sweet palm sugar. The cakes are steamed until soft and fluffy, then served with freshly grated coconut on top, creating a delic...
Indonesian Putu Bambu (Steamed Rice Cake in Bamboo)
Klepon is a traditional Indonesian sweet rice cake made from glutinous rice flour, often colored and flavored with pandan, and filled with melted palm sugar. The small round rice cakes are boiled until soft and chewy, then coated with freshly grated ...
Onde Onde (Ondeh Ondeh) - Klepon
Kolak Ubi Pisang is a traditional Indonesian dessert made with sweet potatoes and bananas simmered in a sweet and creamy coconut milk broth. The dish is flavored with palm sugar and pandan leaves, creating a warm, fragrant, and comforting dessert wit...
Kolak Ubi Pisang (Sweet potatoes, cassava, ube, plantain in coconut milk)
Puding Lapis Buah is a colorful Indonesian dessert made from layers of soft pudding combined with fresh fruits. The pudding is typically prepared with milk, agar-agar, or gelatin, creating a smooth and refreshing texture, while layers of fruits such ...
How To Make Agar Fruit Jelly Cake (Puding Lapis Buah)
Kue Lumpang is a traditional Indonesian steamed cake made from rice flour, tapioca flour, sugar, and coconut milk. It has a soft, slightly chewy texture with a distinctive small indentation in the center, which gives the cake its name (lumpang refers...
Kuih Kosui / Kue Lumpang (2 Flavors)
Ongol-Ongol is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from a mixture of tapioca flour, sugar, and water, creating a soft, chewy, and slightly bouncy texture. It is often flavored with pandan or palm sugar, giving it a fragrant aroma and a naturally sw...
Kueh Ubi Kayu (Ongol Ubi) - Steamed Cassava Cake
Getuk Ubi Kayu is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from steamed cassava that is mashed and mixed with sugar, creating a soft, slightly chewy, and sweet treat. It is often flavored with coconut, vanilla, or pandan, and commonly served with freshl...
Getuk Singkong Gula Merah (Pressed Cassava Cake)
Kue Talam Ubi is a traditional Indonesian steamed dessert made from sweet potatoes, rice flour, tapioca flour, coconut milk, and sugar. It has a soft, smooth, and slightly chewy texture with a rich sweetness from the sweet potato and a fragrant aroma...
Sweet Potato Kuih Talam (Kueh Talam Ubi Kuning/Jalar)
Kue Dadar Gulung is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from a thin pandan-flavored crepe filled with sweet grated coconut cooked in palm sugar. The soft green outer layer is made from a mixture of flour, coconut milk, and pandan, giving it a fragr...
Kue Dadar Gulung - Kuih Ketayap (with nice texture )
Kue Bingka Ubi Kayu is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from grated cassava, coconut milk, eggs, and sugar. The mixture is baked or cooked until it develops a soft, dense, and slightly chewy texture with a golden-brown surface. Rich in flavor, t...
Kuih Bingka Ubi Kayu (Baked Cassava/Tapioca Cake) - Egg or Eggless version
Lepat Ubi Kayu is a traditional Indonesian and Malay dessert made from grated cassava mixed with coconut, sugar, and sometimes pandan for a fragrant aroma. The mixture is wrapped in banana leaves and steamed until it becomes soft, moist, and slightly...
Lepat Ubi Kayu / Lemet /Ketimus Singkong (Steamed Cassava Cake)
Kue Wajik is a traditional Indonesian sweet made from glutinous rice, coconut milk, and palm sugar. The sticky rice is slowly cooked with a sweet caramel-like syrup until it becomes soft, chewy, and richly flavored. Often cut into diamond-shaped piec...
Easy Kuih Wajik / Wajid / Bee Koh (Glutinous Rice with Palm Sugar Cake)
Kue Leker is a popular Indonesian street food dessert made from a thin, crispy crepe-like batter. The batter is usually made from flour, eggs, sugar, and milk, then cooked on a hot pan until it becomes light and crunchy. It is commonly filled with sw...
Crispy Apam Balik - Kue Leker (Crispy Crepes with Chocolate Peanut Filling)
Kue Putri Ayu Ubi Ungu is a traditional Indonesian steamed cake made with purple sweet potato (ubi ungu), flour, coconut milk, sugar, and pandan or vanilla flavors. It has a soft, fluffy, and slightly moist texture with a beautiful natural purple col...
Kuih Puteri Ayu Ubi Ungu / Putu Ayu (Purple Sweet Potato Puteri Ayu)
Putu Mayang is a traditional Indonesian dessert made from steamed rice flour noodles shaped into beautiful colorful strands and served with a sweet coconut milk sauce. The soft, delicate noodles are usually flavored or colored with pandan, giving the...
Easy Putu Mayam / Putu Mayang (Idiyappam)
Kue Nagasari is a traditional Indonesian steamed dessert made from rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, and ripe bananas wrapped in banana leaves. The soft and smooth rice cake has a slightly chewy texture, while the banana filling adds natural sweetness...
Kue Nagasari (Indonesian Rice Flour Cake with Banana)
Bolen Pisang Bandung is a popular Indonesian pastry from Bandung, West Java, made with layers of flaky pastry dough filled with sweet bananas and often combined with cheese or chocolate. The pastry is baked until golden brown, creating a crispy outer...
Bolen Pisang Bandung (Indonesian Banana Puff Pastry)
Klappertart is a traditional Indonesian dessert with Dutch influence, originating from Manado, North Sulawesi. It is a creamy coconut-based custard dessert made with young coconut meat, milk, eggs, butter, and sugar, often topped with cinnamon, raisi...
Klappertart Panggang (Baked Coconut Custard)
Rujak Uleg is a traditional Indonesian fruit salad made with a variety of fresh tropical fruits mixed with a freshly ground spicy palm sugar and peanut sauce. The name uleg refers to the traditional method of grinding the sauce using a stone mortar a...
Rujak Uleg (Indonesian Fruit Salad)
Puding Lumut is a popular Indonesian dessert known for its beautiful green, moss-like appearance and soft, refreshing texture. Made from agar-agar, eggs, coconut milk, sugar, and pandan juice, the pudding naturally forms delicate green patterns that ...
Butter Moss Pudding (Puding Lumut Mentega)
Kue Cucur is a traditional Indonesian sweet pancake made from rice flour, wheat flour, and palm sugar. The batter is fried in a small amount of oil until it creates a unique shape with a thick, soft center and thin, crispy edges. The palm sugar gives...
Kue Cucur Jawa/ Kue Cucur Gula Merah - What To Cook Today
Bolu Karamel is a traditional Indonesian sponge cake known for its rich caramel flavor, soft texture, and beautiful honeycomb-like appearance. Also called Kek Sarang Semut (Ant Nest Cake), it is made with caramelized sugar, eggs, flour, butter, and m...
Bolu Karamel Sarang Semut / Kek Gula Hangus (Burnt Sugar Honeycomb Cake)
Bolu Pisang Kukus is a traditional Indonesian steamed banana cake made with ripe bananas, flour, eggs, sugar, and milk. Unlike baked cakes, it is cooked by steaming, creating a soft, moist, and fluffy texture with a naturally sweet banana flavor. The...
Easy Steamed Banana Cake (Bolu Pisang Kukus)