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Kue cucur

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Kue cucur is a traditional Indonesian fried snack made from rice flour and palm sugar, thick in the middle and thin at the edges, and eaten immediately after frying while it is still soft. It is especially associated with Jakarta, where the Betawi version is popular, and is also found under other names across Southeast Asia, including kuih cucur in Malaysia and khanom fak bua or khanom chuchun in Thailand. Its main ingredients are rice flour, sugar, and coconut milk, and in southern Thailand it is often served at wedding ceremonies and festivals. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Region
Brunei 2
Origin Region
Indonesia 2
Origin Region
Malaysia 2
Origin Region
Thailand 2
Classification
Course
Snack or Street Food 1
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Wedding Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
Source Kue cucur (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

Indonesian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Kue cucur (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Coconut Milk, Ingredients
Source Kue cucur (Wikipedia)
Sugar, Ingredients
Source Kue cucur (Wikipedia)
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Originated In

Brunei

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Indonesia

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Malaysia

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Thailand

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Sources
1. Kue cucur (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The dessert, made of fried rice flour mixed with palm sugar, is thick in the middle and thin at the edges. It is eaten immediately after it is fried, while it is still soft.
  • Uses Ingredient: Sugar, infobox main_ingredient field
    Rice flour, sugar, coconut milk
  • Uses Ingredient: Coconut Milk, infobox main_ingredient field
    Rice flour, sugar, coconut milk
  • Expresses Tradition: Wedding Feast Traditions, Lead section
    In Southern Thailand, it is often featured in wedding ceremonies and festivals.
  • In Cuisine: Indonesian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Kue cucur (Indonesian) or kuih cucur (Malay), known in Thai as khanom fak bua (ขนมฝักบัว, pronounced [kʰā.nǒm fàk būa̯]) or khanom chuchun (ขนมจู้จุน or จูจุ่น), is a traditional snack from Indonesia, and popular in parts of Southeast Asia, includes Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore.
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2. Kue cucur (Wikidata)
  • P495 (country of origin): Indonesia
    Indonesia
  • P495 (country of origin): Malaysia
    Malaysia
  • P495 (country of origin): Thailand
    Thailand
  • P495 (country of origin): Brunei
    Brunei
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