Activity 12

Complete the following text with suitable words from the box.
 

Caramelized Banana with Palm Sugar or Kolak Pisang 
(By Chef Mudana, Cooking Class Sanuar)

    Kolak pisang is a (1) ____ dessert in Indonesia, especially during the fasting month. The taste is (2) ____ and it becomes a delicious dessert for breaking the fasting. Here is the way how to make kolak pisang.

Ingredients:

• 5 pcs banana (kepok)
• 3 gram salt
• 30 gram corn flour
• 50 gram palm sugar
• 200 ml water
• 30 ml coconut milk, boiled

Instructions:

1. (3) ____ each banana and slice into 2 cm pieces.
2. Place water in a small saucepan, add the (4) ____, salt, and banana slice, bring to boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Thicken the boiled mixture with (5) ____ mixed with 5 tablespooon water.
4. Serve with coconut milk in a dessert  bowl. 

Adobted from: https://www.morrytravels.com/wp-content/uplouds/2018/11/Indonesia-7-courses-menu-recipes-pdf (March 31,  2019)

Answer the folllowing questions based on the text in Activity 12.
 

Why do we need to cut the bananas into two centimeter pieces?