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Indonesian Snack seller ; Onde-onde

Onde-onde, also known as Sesame Balls or Jiandui, is actually a well-known Chinese pastry. Despite of that, Chinese culinary is adopted well into Indonesian culture and Indonesian people loves it. Made from glutinous rice flour, Onde-onde is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy after immediately being cooked. Inside the pastry is a large hollow, caused by the expansion of the dough. The hollow of the pastry is filled with a filling usually consisting of lotus paste, or alternatively, sweet black bean paste, or red bean paste.