Cendol
Ingredients:
60g green bean flour (Hoon Kwe Flour)
300ml water
1 tsp pandan paste
Method:
1. Mix green bean flour with water and pandan paste. Blend well until a smooth mixture is obtained.
2. Cook mixture over medium heat , stirring all the time until the mixture thickens and turns translucent.
3. Fill a basin with ice and cold water and set the cendol mould over it. Use a wooden spoon to press cooked dough, a little at a time, through the preforations into the cold water. Drain cendol in a colander and set aside.
4. To serve, spoon 2 tbsp of cendol into a bowl, top with shaved ice, chilled coconut milk and 1 or 2 tbsp of gula melaka syrup.
Gula Melaka Syrup:
300g gula melaka
200g rock sugar
200ml water
2 pandan leaves, knotted
Method:
1. Place all ingredients into a saucepan and cook till the sugar dissolves and forms a thick syrup.
2. Remove pandan leaves and strain into a small bowl. Leave to cool.
Coconut milk:
Use ready squeezed coconut milk, add a pinch of salt and chill in the refrigerator.





Dear Rose,
I was looking for Chendol recipe and lo and behold, I chanced on your website and found it! By the way, can I use “Gula Jawa” or Palm Sugar instead of Gula Melaka?
By the way, I have been taking boiled crushed lemon grass as drink as I heard that it is very good for the body cells to make them healthy by getting rid of the bad cells.
I will remember you in my daily prayers.
May God continue to bless you and keep you in His Love.
Best Regards.
Josephine
Thanks dear,
So sweet of you for sharing and keeping me in prayers.
I love the fragrance of lemon grass. During my confinement, I used to boil a big bundle of it in water and used it for my bath. They said it helps get rid of wind in the body.
For a firmer chendol, you can add a bit of rice flour. Gula Melaka comes from Malacca, Gula Jawa from Indonesia, they are the same actually.
May God bless you with abundance.
Rose
thanks for the recipe have been looking for it.can i use just only gula jawa with water or do i need to mix with rock sugar
will go through your other recipes too when i have time.
for now all the best
It is fine to just use gula jawa. The syrup will just have a darker colour.
Regards
Hi Rose!
What a very nice and informative website. I have been looking all over for a recipe of cendol. I don’t think I can find green bean flour or any type of bean flour in the Philippines. What would be a good substitute? Can I use rice flour or glutinous rice flour instead? Thanks in advance and more power to you. Take care
Lea
Lea,
They do use rice flour with green bean flour but am not sure about glutinuous flour. Maybe try experimenting with rice flour and corn flour.
All the Best!
Rose
You’re the best Rose! Thank you very much for answering my queries. My prayers of good health and happiness goes to you.
Best regards from the Philippines,
Lea
Thank you so much Lea. God bless u and your family too.
Rose
Hi Lea..
I will like to know if you have any cendol cake recipe,i will like to bake it for my mom.Thank you..
Hey Rose
Do you know where can i find a cendol mould?
Best of heatlh!
FoodLover!