Sagu Bagea is a cookie from West Papua, Indonesia. This cookie has its own taste compared to sago cookies in general. Because in addition to using the basic ingredients of sago flour, other original spices are involved in the processing of this Bagea cookie.
Therefore, this cookie has a lot of consumers and is favoured by tourists who come both from Indonesia and abroad.
Why Should You Eat Sagu Bagea?
Crunchy, savoury, and sweet, that is roughly the sensation when tasting this special cookie. With a unique taste and aroma, this cookie can captivate anyone who tries it. This is bagea cookie, one of the typical cookies of West Papua.
Bagea cookie has the basic ingredients of sago flour mixed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Then, the dough is moulded, wrapped in palm leaves and baked until dry.
When you open the palm leaves, the aroma of this cookie is immediately smelled and arouses our appetite to taste it.
Uniquely, this cookie uses walnuts which make it crunchy and tasty when our mouths eat it. The crunchy sensation when it is in our mouths makes anyone who enjoys it fall in love. When you try this cookie for the first time, you will fall in love and want to buy it.
You can easily find this cookie at the souvenir centre in Papua. The price of this cookie is affordable, making this cookie very suitable as a gift for relatives at home. Having two types of taste, sweet and salty, Bagea cookie is perfect served with a cup of hot tea or coffee.
Recipe of Sagu Bagea
Because this cookie is very delicious and unique, you must try to make it by yourself. Follow this recipe to make the special food Sagu Bagea. First, prepare some ingredients as follows:
- 300 grams of sago flour
- 50 grams of wheat flour
- 200 grams of coconut sugar
- 50 grams walnuts, chopped
- 100 ml vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon clove
Then, the steps of making Sagu Bagea firstly you must put the sugar and eggs into a bowl and beat until thickened. After that, add baking soda and beat again.
Then, add all the ingredients such as sago flour, wheat flour, walnuts, oil, cinnamon, and cloves into the mixture. Beat all of them until the dough is smooth.
Next, After the dough is finished, shape the Sagu Bagea cookie dough according to taste. For example, take a sufficient amount of cookie dough and shape it into rounds and flatten it to a thickness of 1/2 centimetre. Continue it until the dough runs out.
Prepare a baking sheet that has been greased or lined with parchment paper and put some sago cookie batter on the baking sheet. Place in the preheated oven and bake until golden brown.
When it is cooked, immediately remove and serve in an airtight jar. This sago cookie is ready to be eaten anytime and anywhere!
That is the unique Sagu Bagea cookie from West Papua. Do not only buy it as a souvenir for travelling, but you are also obliged to try to make it yourself.
The taste is so delicious and makes the whole family addicted. The ingredients are very easy to get, how to make it fast, the price is cheap, and the taste is certainly delicious.
