Clorot

{{Short description|Traditional sweet snack}}

{{Infobox food

| name = Clorot

| image = Cerorot.jpg

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Cerorot, sweets made of coconut milk and rice flour wrapped in coconut leaves; sold in Bali.

| alternate_name = Celorot, cerorot, jelurut

| country = Indonesia

| region = Purworejo, Java{{citation|url= http://sikkn.umpwr.ac.id/uploads/artikel/Artikel_Kebumen_Padureso_2018.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221203185315/http://sikkn.umpwr.ac.id/uploads/artikel/Artikel_Kebumen_Padureso_2018.pdf|url-status= usurped|archive-date= December 3, 2022|title= Pelatihan Pengolahan Pangan Khas Purworejo "CLOROT"|work= sikkn.umpwr.ac.id}}{{citation|url= https://news.detik.com/berita-jawa-tengah/d-3790633/yuk-cicipi-clorot-makanan-khas-purworejo-yang-unik-ini|title=Yuk, Cicipi Makanan Khas Purworejo yang unik ini|work=Detik}}{{citation|url=https://m.liputan6.com/jateng/read/4891252/5-jajanan-tradisional-jawa-yang-terancam-punah-jika-tidak-dilestarikan?medium=Headline__mobile&campaign=Headline_click_7|title= 5 Jajanan Tradisional Jawa yang Terancam Punah Jika Tidak Dilestarikan|work= liputan6|date= 19 February 2022}}

| national_cuisine = Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia

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| type = Snack (Kue/Kuih)

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| main_ingredient = Rice flour, coconut milk, wrapped with young coconut leaf

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Clorot, celorot, cerorot, or jelurut is an Indonesian traditional sweet snack (kue or kuih) made of sweet and soft rice flour cake with coconut milk, wrapped with janur or young coconut leaf in cone shape.{{cite web|title=Dari Celorot Sampai Engkak Ketan|publisher=Femina|url=http://www.femina.co.id/kuliner/info.kuliner/dari.celorot.sampai.engkak.ketan/004/002/365 |language=id|access-date=19 June 2015}} It is a popular traditional sweet snack commonly found in Brunei,{{cite web |author=Amelia Azizi |title=10 Makanan Khas Brunei Darussalam yang Lezat & Wajib Anda Coba |website=www.libur.co |date=7 October 2020 |language=id |url=https://www.libur.co/makanan-khas-brunei-darussalam |access-date=20 November 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020200953/https://www.libur.co/makanan-khas-brunei-darussalam |archive-date=20 October 2021 }}{{cite news |author=Rosera Mohd |title=Malay 'kuih' a waning tradition |date=21 March 2016 |work=The BT Archive |url=https://btarchive.org/news/national/2016/03/20/malay-kuih-awaning-tradition |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122204229/https://btarchive.org/news/national/2016/03/20/malay-kuih-awaning-tradition |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=20 November 2021 }}{{cite web |author=Normalita Vinska |title=7 Makanan Khas Brunei Darussalam ini Cocok untuk Pengganjal Perut Ketika Berbuka Puasa Nih Guys! |date=6 May 2021 |work=Pararta.com |language=id |url=https://pararta.com/read/2021/05/06/3204/7-makanan-khas-brunei-darussalam-ini-cocok-untuk-pengganjal-perut-ketika-berbuka-puasa-nih-guys |access-date=20 November 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119161232/https://pararta.com/read/2021/05/06/3204/7-makanan-khas-brunei-darussalam-ini-cocok-untuk-pengganjal-perut-ketika-berbuka-puasa-nih-guys |archive-date=19 November 2021 }} Indonesia, and Malaysia.{{cite book|author=Abd. Latip Talib|title=Beraraklah awan pilu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVJ1XW7L6CkC&pg=PA127|access-date=17 August 2013|year=2006|publisher=Utusan Publications|language=ms|isbn=978-967-61-1899-8|pages=127–}}

In Java, it is known as clorot or celorot, and commonly associated with Javanese traditional jajan pasar (market munchies).{{cite web|title=Clorot (Jawa)|date=15 December 2010|publisher=Sajian Sedap|url=http://www.sajiansedap.com/recipe/detail/5179/clorotjawa#.VYNDKlK6LIU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128154858/http://www.sajiansedap.com/recipe/detail/5179/clorotjawa#.VYNDKlK6LIU|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2012|language=id|access-date=19 June 2015}} In Bali and Lombok islands of Indonesia, it is known as cerorot. In Brunei and in the Malaysian states of Sabah, it is known as celurut or jelurut.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabah.gov.my/pd.ppr/kebudayaan.htm|title=Kebudayaan (Brunei)|publisher=Papar District Office|language=ms|access-date=17 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041026035455/http://www.sabah.gov.my/pd.ppr/kebudayaan.htm|archive-date=26 October 2004|url-status=dead}}

Ingredients and cooking method

Gula jawa (palm sugar), pandan leaf, salt and water are boiled until done and mixed with coconut milk. This sweet liquid then being poured upon rice flour and sago or tapioca flour, and mixed evenly. The janur or young coconut leaf rolled to form a long cone, similar to a small trumpet, secured and arranged upright. The thick-liquid sweet dough then filled into this coconut leaf cones until three-quarter full. Then the top section is filled with the mixture of coconut milk, rice flour and salt. These filled cones then being steamed for about 15 minutes until the dough inside the cone are cooked and hardened.

See also

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References

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