Kue pinyaram

Pinyaram, panyaram, or penyaram (Jawi: ڤيڽرام) is traditional kue of Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This dish served during certain occasion, such as wedding parties, Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Today, pinyaram can be used as typical souvenir of Minangkabau.^[1]

Kue pinyaram

Kue pinyaram being sold in traditional market
Alternative names	Panyaram, penyaram
Type	Cake, kue
Course	Dessert, snack
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region or state	West Sumatra
Main ingredients	Rice flour, corn flour, coconut milk, cooking oil

Description

Pinyaram is made from mixture of white sugar or palm sugar, white rice flour or black rice, and coconut milk, the way to cooked is quite similar like cooking pancake.

Variations

Pinyaram is mainly divided into two variants, that are pinyaram putih (made from white rice) and pinyaram hitam (made from black rice). But today, pinyaram can be colorful.

In neighbouring Brunei and Malaysia, there is an identical kuih called pinjaram found in the part of East Malaysia and Brunei although its size is larger than the most pinyaram in Indonesia.^[2]

See also

• Panyalam
• Kuzhi paniyaram
• Æbleskiver - A similarly-fried Danish confectionery served with jam or powdered sugar.
• Khanom krok, a Thai dish
• Mont lin maya, a Burmese dish
• Neyyappam, a fermented South Indian sweet dumpling fried in Ghee
• Paddu, a fermented South Indian dumpling that can be made spicy with chillies or sweet with jaggery.
• Pinjaram, a Malaysian kuih
• Poffertjes, a Dutch sweet dish
• Takoyaki, a Japanese dish
• Unni appam, a fermented South Indian sweet dumpling made with fruits like Jackfruit or Banana