Sweet Coconut Rice Balls (klepon)

The invisibility of God is a great problem. It was already a problem to God’s people in Old Testament days. Their pagan neighbors would taunt them, saying, “Where Is now your God?” Their gods were visible and tangible, but Israel’s God was neither. Today in our scientific culture young people are taught not to believe in anything which is not open to empirical investigation. How then has God solved the problem of His own invisibility? The first answer is of course “in Christ.” Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. John 1:18: “No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son has made him known.” “That’s wonderful,” people say, “but it was 2,000 years ago. Is there no way by which the invisible God makes Himself visible today?” There is. We return to 1 John 4:12: “No one has ever seen God.” It is precisely the same introductory statement. But instead of continuing with reference to the Son of God, it continues: “If we love one another, God dwells in us.” In other words, the invisible God, who once made Himself visible in Christ, now makes Himself visible in Christians, if we love one another. It is a breathtaking claim. The local church cannot evangelize, proclaiming the gospel of love, if it is not itself a community of love.

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Glutinous powder
3/4	c	Lukewarm water
2		Green food coloring, up to 3
8	t	Grated Java dark brown
		sugar
1	c	Fresh-grated coconut
		mixed with:
1/2	t	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Via: Andrew Healy <a.healy@surrey.ac.uk>   Mix the rice powder with the
lukewarm water and green food coloring  into a firm but flexible dough.
Pull off one full teaspoon of the  dough and shape it into a ball with
approximately 1-inch in diameter.  Push a finger into the center of the
ball to make a hole, and put in  approximately 1/2 tsp. of the grated
sugar. Seal, and roll it back  into the ball shape with the palms of
your hands. Prepare all the  balls and set them aside. Prepare a pot
half filled with water and  bring it to a boil. Drop the balls into the
boiling water. Remove the  balls with a spoon once they float to the
water surface and then roll  the balls in the grated coconut.Serve at
room temperature. Makes 30  rice balls.  Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST
by Michael Bowers  <bowers@elsie.ucdavis.edu> on Jan 11, 1999,
converted by MM_Buster  v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 396 Calories From Fat: 199 Total Fat: 23.8g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1405mg Potassium: 307.1mg Carbohydrates: 46.2g Fiber: 8.4g Sugar: 33.3g Protein: 2.7g