KOMPAS.com – The perfect Ambon Bika can be seen from its nesting shape when sliced, as well as a solid and soft texture.
The key to success makes Bika Ambon nest and soft is the prickly dough from instant yeast. If the prickly dough fails, the Bika Ambon nest will not form perfectly.
There are two types of flour to make Bika Ambon, namely flour and sago. That is why, the texture of Bika Ambon quickly hardened when stored in the refrigerator.
Bika Ambon can be warmed with an oven or microwave In order to restore the soft texture, after stored in the refrigerator for several hours or a maximum of three days.
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Ambon Bika Recipe Typical Medan
Check out the typical Medan Ambon Bika recipe for 20 pieces from the book “Typical Culinary Regional: Medan Snacks“(2018) by the Primarasa Team published by the following Press Favorite Style.
The ingredients of the prickly dough:
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 60 ml of warm water
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of flour
Basic dough ingredients:
- 2 coconuts, 500 grams each, grated
- 20 orange leaves
- 6 pandanus leaves
- 2 lemongrass stems, take the white part, make it
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 10 egg yolks
- 250 grams of sugar
- 150 gr starch
How to Make Bika Ambon
1. Prickly dough: Dissolve instant yeast in water. Add sugar and flour, stir well. Leave for about 15 minutes.
2. Basic dough: Squeeze coconut, take 400 milliliters (ml) coconut milk. Cook with orange leaves, pandan leaves, lemongrass, and salt over medium heat until thick to 300 ml. Strain, set aside.
3. Beat the egg yolk with sugar until bubbly and thick. Add starch, cooked coconut milk, and prickly dough. Mix well using your hands while patting. Let stand for two to three hours until the dough expands.
4. Heat the oven at 250 degrees Celsius. Attach the fire down. Alasi Panch size 7 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm with baking paper, spread with margarine. Put the pan in the oven until it’s hot, then put the mixture into a hot pan.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes with an oven door slightly open until the surface of the dough is potholes, turn off the heat.
6. Continue baking with the top heat until the surface of the cake is brownish yellow for about 5-10 minutes. Remove from the oven, let it cool. Remove the cake from the baking sheet, cut into pieces and serve.
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