One of many special foods that is usually consumed as snacks is martabak. It is a kind of thick folded crepe filled with spices and pieces of meat with tender texture and delicate aroma. Besides filled with spices and pieces of meat, you can as well filled it with delicious cheese and enjoy the sweet aftertaste which surely want you for more.

If you want to try to make martabak yourself at home, here is the recipe given with simple steps. Before you start cooking, you should prepare the ingredients for vla, ingredients A, and ingredients B.

The ingredients for vla are:

• 100 ml thin coconut milk (you can buy the instant thick coconut milk of 60 ml and add 40 ml of water)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 3 tbs sweeten condensed milk
• 1 pandan leaves, torn
• ¼ tsp pandan pasta
• 1 tbs cornmeal, mix with little water

Next, ingredients A include:

• 100 grams flour proteins
• 25 grams refined sugar
• ½ tsp instant yeast
• 150 ml warm coconut milk

Meanwhile, the ingredients B you should prepare are:

• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 25 ml juice of pandan leaves
• ½ tsp pandan pasta
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp granulated sugar (for toping)

Other toping ingredients are grated cheddar cheese and refined sugar.

Now, you can start cooking by making vla first.

• Boil coconut milk with salt, sweeten condensed milk, pandan pasta and pandan leaves. Stir until it boils.
• Add cornmeal. Stir again until you see small pops. Lift and put aside.

Afterward, this would be the time to cook martabak.

• Mix flour and refined sugar. Add warm coconut milk little by little. Stir thoroughly using wire whisk until tender and soft.
• Add instant yeast, stir again. Let it stands for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Beat the egg then pour it to the dough. Stir evenly.
• Pour the juice of pandan leaves and pandan pasta. Stir again until the dough is well-mixed. Add baking powder, blend it.
• Let it stands for 15 minutes.
• Heat the brass.
• As waiting the brass reaches the best heat, add baking powder into the dough and blend it.
• Pour it on heated brass and reduce the heat. Wait until the small pops and holes appears on surface.
• Cover the brass and wait until the dough surface is crispy.
• Sprinkle granulated sugar on top of the dough and then cover the brass again for a while until the sugar is melted. Lift.
• Using knife, split martabak into two. Drizzle the half part with vla and another part with grated cheese.
• Stack these two parts with the surface drizzled with vla and grated cheese on the inside.
• Sprinkle granulated sugar on top, sliced martabak into some parts and serve warmly.