"Dawet Ireng" (Black Dawet)

Dawet Ireng is a kind dawet / cendol. These drinks are original from the Need, Purworejo, Central Java. Ireng from Javanese word that means black.

Pellets from dawet black, black ash dawet obtained from straw burning, straw burning ashes are then mixed with water to produce black water, water is used as a dye dawet.

For the ingredients, "dawet ireng" not too different from the dawet / cendol green color, the material is from corn starch. The difference in the obtained black coloring of straw / stalks of rice (Java: straw) that is burned.

For the sauce, together with dawet / other cendol from coconut milk and palm sugar-sweetened flavoring pandan leaves.

Generally, using a bowl and serve it iced for a refreshing beverage. Dawet has some uniqueness in presentation, ie the number of dawetnya far more than the water (coconut milk plus sugar water) and usually squeezed coconut milk straight from the coconut fiber bundle.

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