Jurnal Hospitality dan Pariwisata

Corn, soybean and mung bean are known as source of vegetable nutrition, and combined in one
composite material, they become a good source of complete essential amino acid. However, it is
not yet widely used in market. The Jalejo is able to be used in various bakings, one of them is
Onde-onde Ketawa (‘Laughing Onde’). Onde-onde Ketawa is a distinctive Indonesian snack
with unique round shape covered in sesame, fried to make the surface crack and resembles
laughing expression. The ingredients are flour, egg, sugar, oil, water, baking powder and
baking soda, and sesame. This research is intended to find out sensory characteristics,
particularly panellists reactions, to the substitution of this snacks’ ingredients with Jalejo. The
writer used experiment method with standard recipe as a reference with 100% flour, compared
with three executions: 75% Jalejo and 25% flour; 50% Jalejo and 50% flour; and 100% Jalejo.
Research showed the 75% Jalejo combination was the panellists’ most favourable, and 50%
Jalejo combination most likely had the same characteristics as the one with 100% flour.
Keywords: Jalejo Flour, Onde-onde Ketawa, Sensory Characteristics