Rengginang, the Ultimate Crispy Sticky Rice Crackers and Its Recipe  

TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Rengginang commonly made of steamed sticky rice added with several ingredients to elaborate its taste. Although, some people also made this original crackers of Indonesia out of cassava. But the one made of sticky rice was the most popular one among others.

We will try to give you some easy homemade recipe of Rengginang with various gflavor. To add the flavour you just need one different step on the process. And we will let you know about it when it the time to do so. So, let's check the recipe down below.

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Ingredients:

1/2 kg sticky rice (rinse and soak it over night).
1 tbs sugar
1 tbs salt
2 cup of water
4 cloves of garlic (grounded)
1 tbs toasted shrimp paste, razor clamp, sugar (optional)
Instructions:

Drain and steam the sticky rice for at least 15 minutes.
Place it in a bowl, add the grounded garlic and salt. If you would like your rengginang has some  exotic taste and flavor you may add the sugar alone, or shrimp paste, or just the razor clamp.
Put the rice back in the steamer for 15 to 30 minutes. Take it out of the steamer. Set aside till it's warm.
Take a pinch of it and shape the sticky rice about 1 inch diameter on a tray, or you may shape it like a ball. Do not press too hard while shaping to make the rengginang expand as large as possible when it's fried.
Sun dry the rengginang, in normal sunny day, it will take 2 days or more to get completely dry.
With medium heat of oil, deep fry your rengginang and you can directly serve it while it's hot. Adjust the flame to get the perfect expandable and crispy texture.(*)

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