Serabi
Simple Javanese sweet serabi flavoured with sweet gula jawa | |
| Alternative names | soerabi (in Petjo); Javaans pannenkoek (in Dutch) |
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| Type | Pancake |
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Bali–Java |
| Associated cuisine | Indonesia |
| Main ingredients | Rice flour, coconut milk or shredded coconut |
| Similar dishes | mont lin maya, pancake, pannenkoek, takoyaki, khanom krok |
Serabi, surabi, or srabi is a traditional Bali–Java snack, similar to a pancake, made of a rice flour-based batter with coconut milk or coconut cream and shredded coconut as an emulsifier. Most traditional serabi tastes sweet, as these pancake-like desserts are usually eaten with kinca, a golden-brown coconut sugar syrup in the Sundanese culinary tradition.
However, another savoury version also existed that used fermented oncom toppings. Different provinces in Indonesia have their own serabi recipes corresponding to local tastes.