Eating Bantal as Chewing Bubble Gum

Monday, May 19th, 2008 by dwi

When you are in Bali, Bantal is a snack that worth for a try. Its delicious taste will joggle your tongue and coddle your teeth when you feel its smooth texture in you mouth and taste the delicious flavor on your tongue. And you will be surprised by the taste of the center of Bantal. What is in the center of it? Banana will welcome your tongue and give you the sweet taste of it. But sometimes, Bantal is not only has banana in it. It may be filled by uci, or rice bean, and it will look like constricted muscle

Balinese use sticky rice, young coconut, banana or uci rice bean, and sugar as its main ingredients for making a Bantal. First thing to be done im making Bantal is washing the sticky rice and then soak it in a few minutes. Take it from the water when the it looks pale. Subsequently, mix it with grater coconut, sugar and uci rice bean- if you want to add it. Do not forget to add salt. As a final point, cover the mixing ingredients by young coconut leaves and steam it until the color of coconut leaves change into brownish.

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