Ketupat
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Ketupat is a type of compressed rice cake commonly found across Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Timor-Leste and southern Thailand. It is traditionally made by f
Unopened bunch of cooked ketupat on a plate
Patupat, a traditional leaf-wrapped rice cake from the northern Philippines, part of the wider Austronesian culinary tradition also reflected in katupat (Guam) and ketupat (Archipelagic Southeast Asia)
Ketupat reflects a deep-rooted culinary tradition shared across Southeast Asia and the broader Austronesian world.
A Javanese ritual offering (sajen) featuring ketupat and other symbolic elements
Lontong
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Lontong is an Indonesian dish made of compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Rice is rolled inside a banana
Ketupat
…non-traditional variant of num kom which uses banana leaves instead of palm. In Indonesia, similar dish of compressed rice in leaf container includes lepet, lontong, lemper, arem-arem and bacang. In China, there is a similar dish called lap (苙) that is a local speciality of the island of Hainan. Hainanese lap is…
A traditional way of serving lontong
Wrapped lontongs with satay selling in Java, Indonesia
Uncooked and cooked lontong made in perforated plastic pouches
Unwrapped lontong. Different colors depend on the banana leaf which is used as the wrapper is a typically Indonesian lontong.