Lontong
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 leaf and boiled, then cut into small cakes as a staple food replacement of steamed rice. the texture is similar to those of ketupat, with the difference being that the ketupat container is made from woven janur (young coconut leaf) fronds, while lontong uses banana leaf instead. it is commonly called nasi himpit (lit. "pressed rice") in malaysia, despite being created using other methods.arem-arem is a smaller version of lontong, filled with vegetables and occasionally meat, eaten as a snack. ...
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