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Arem-arem
Arem-arem is an Indonesian- Javanese compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, filled with diced vegetables, '' tempeh,'' or '' oncom'', and eaten as a snack. It is sometimes also filled with minced meat or ''abon'' ( beef floss). Arem-arem is often described as a smaller size '' lontong'' with fillings, so it is sometimes also called ''lontong isi'' (). It is common in Java, and often found in Indonesian marketplaces as ''jajan pasar'' ("market munchies"), a type of '' kue'' (snack) offered there. Arem-arem is served at traditional ceremonies, family gatherings, birthdays or office meetings, and is often presented in a snack box. It is quite similar to ''lemper'', but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice. Variants and fillings The rice is cooked with coconut milk, and stuffed with diced vegetables ( carrot, common bean, and potato), cooked minced meat (beef or chicken), ''abon'' (beef floss), or tofu, '' oncom'' and '' tempeh''. Ther ...
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Lontong
''Lontong'' () is an Indonesian cuisine, Indonesian dish made of compressed rice cake in the form of a Cylinder (geometry), 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 for steamed rice. The texture is similar to that of ''ketupat'', with the difference being that the ''ketupat'' container is made from woven ''janur'' (young coconut leaf) fronds, while ''lontong'' uses banana leaves instead. It is commonly called ''nasi himpit'' (lit. "pressed rice") in Malaysia, despite being created using other methods. ''Arem-arem'' also known as ''lontong isi'' is a smaller version of ''lontong'' and "halal" distant relative of ''bakcang'', filled with vegetables and occasionally meat, eaten as a snack. The dish is usually served hot or at room temperature with peanut sauce-based dishes such as ''gado-gado'', ''karedok'', ''Ketoprak (food), k ...
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Rice Cake
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten. Common variations include cakes made with rice flour, those made from ground rice, and those made from whole grains of rice compressed together or combined with some other binding substance. Types of rice cakes by region Types of rice cake include: Burmese Burmese cuisine has a variety of snacks and desserts called ''mont'' made with various types of rice, rice flour and glutinous rice flour. Sweet Burmese ''mont'' are generally less sweet than counterparts in other parts of Southeast Asia, instead deriving their natural sweetness from constituent ingredients (e.g., grated coconut, coconut milk, glutinous rice, fruit, etc.). Cambodian * Ansom chek is a banana leaf sticky rice cake. It is served all year long but it is most prevalent during Bun Pchum Ben or ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ...
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Carrot
The carrot ('' Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in colour, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, Apiaceae. World production of carrots (combined with turnips) for 2022 was 42 million tonnes, led by China producing 44% of the total. The characteristic orange colour is from beta-carotene, making carrots a rich source of vitamin A. A myth that carrots help people to see in the dark was spread as propaganda in the Second World War, to account for the ability of British pilots to fight in the dark; the real explanation was the introduction of radar. Etymology The word is first recorded in English around 1530 and w ...
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Onigiri
, also known as or , is a Japanese cuisine, Japanese rice ball made from white rice. It is usually formed into triangular or cylindrical shapes, and wrapped in ''nori'' (seaweed). Onigiri traditionally have sour or salty fillings such as ''umeboshi'' (pickled Prunus mume, Chinese plum), salted salmon as food, salmon, ''katsuobushi'' (smoked and fermented bonito), kombu, ''tarako'' or ''mentaiko'' (pollock roe), or ''takanazuke'' (pickled brassica juncea, Japanese giant red mustard greens). Because it is easily portable and eaten by hand, onigiri has been used as portable food or bento from ancient times to the present day. Originally, it was used as a way to use and store left-over rice, but it later became a regular meal. Many Japanese convenience stores and supermarkets stock onigiri with various fillings and flavors. It has become so mainstream that it is even served in izakayas and sit-down restaurants. There are even specialized shops which only sell onigiri to Take-out, t ...
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Tamale
A tamale, in Spanish language, Spanish , is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of ''masa'', a dough made from nixtamalization, nixtamalized maize, corn, which is steaming, steamed in a corn husk or Banana leaf, banana leaves. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate. Tamales can be filled with meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, herbs, chili pepper, chilies, or any preparation according to taste, and both the filling and the cooking liquid may be seasoned. ''Tamale'' is an Anglicisation, anglicized version of the Spanish word (plural: ). comes from the Nahuatl . The English "tamale" is a back-formation from , with English speakers applying English pluralization rules, and thus interpreting the ''-e-'' as part of the Word stem, stem, rather than part of the plural suffix ''-es''. Origin Tamales originated in Mesoamerica as early as 8000 to 5000 BC. The preparation of tamales is likely to have spread from the indigenous cultures in Mesoa ...
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Lepet
Lepet ( Javanese), Leupeut ( Sundanese), or Lepat ( Indonesian) is a type of sticky rice dumpling mixed with peanuts cooked with coconut milk and packed inside a '' janur'' (young coconut leaf) or palm leaf. It is a delicacy commonly found in Javanese and Sundanese cuisine (of Java, Indonesia), and often consumed as a snack. It is similar to lontong, but with a stickier texture and richer flavor due to the use of coconut milk and peanuts. Lepet is made by steaming the ''ketan'' (sticky rice) until half cooked in coconut milk then mixing it with pandan leaf and salt until all of the coconut milk is absorbed into the sticky rice. Then the half-cooked coconut milk sticky rice is mixed further with grated coconut flesh and peanuts then wrapped inside ''janur'' (young yellowish coconut leaf) in a cylindrical shape and secured with strings made from coconut leaf fibers (or any kind of strings). The rice packages inside the coconut leaf are then steamed further until completely coo ...
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Lemper
''Lemper'' is an Cuisine of Indonesia, Indonesian savoury snack made of glutinous rice filled with seasoned shredded Chicken (food), chicken, fish ''abon'' (meat floss) or serundeng. The specific ''lemper'' filled with seasoned shredded chicken is called ''lemper ayam'' (lit: chicken ''lemper''). The meat filling is rolled inside the rice, in a fashion similar to an egg roll; this is in turn rolled and wrapped inside a banana leaf, oil paper, plastic sheet, or tinfoil to make a packet ready for serving. If banana leaf is not available, corn husk can be used. ''Lemper'' are most often seen as snacks, but may sometimes be served as appetizers as well. ''Lemper'' usually has an elongated shape, similar to ''lontong''. ''Lemper'' is very similar to ''arem-arem'' and ''bakcang'' (Chinese zongzi), and also resembles Japanese onigiri. Ingredients and cooking method The glutinous rice is soaked and cooked with coconut milk and salt. The filling is made of shredded chicken breast, chicke ...
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Burasa
''Burasa'' () (also ''burasa, ''burasak'' or ''buras'') is an Indonesian rice dumpling, cooked with coconut milk packed inside a banana leaf pouch. It is similar to ''lontong'', but with a richer flavour acquired from the coconut milk. It is a delicacy of the Bugis and Makassar people of South Sulawesi. It is also a dish associated with the Bugis diaspora, notably in the Malaysian states of Johor, Selangor, Sabah, and Sarawak where there are large established communities. It is often consumed as a staple to replace steamed rice or ''ketupat'', and a popular accompaniment to a rich dish of chicken braised with galangal (''ayam masak lengkuas'' in Malay language, Malay, ''likku'' or ''lekku'' in Buginese language, Buginese). ''Burasa'' is made by steaming the rice until half-cooked, then cooking further in coconut milk Coconut milk is a plant milk extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of the milky-white liquid are due to its high oil ...
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Zongzi
''Zongzi'' () or simply ''zong'' () is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with a range of fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Fillings can be either sweet, such as red bean paste, or savory, such as pork belly or Chinese sausage. The bamboo for wrapping the ''zongzi'' is generally of the species ''Indocalamus tessellatus'', although sometimes common reed, reed or other large flat leaves may be used. ''Zongzi'' are cooked by steaming or boiling. Names As it diffused to other regions of Asia over many centuries, ''zongzi'' became known by various names in different languages and cultures, including ''phet htoke'' () in Burmese language, Burmese-speaking areas (such as Myanmar), ''nom chang'' in Cambodia, ''machang'' in Philippines, ''bacang'' in Indonesia, ''khanom chang'' in Laos, and ''ba-chang'' in Thailand. Vietnamese cuisine also has a variation on this dish known as ''bánh ú tro'' or ''bánh tro''. In Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and ...
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Pastil
''Pastil'' is a Philippine cuisine, Filipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded beef, chicken, or fish. It originates from the Maguindanao people and is a popular, cheap breakfast meal in Mindanao, especially among Muslim Filipinos. ''Pastil'' is also known as ''patil'', ''patel'', ''patir'', or ''pater'' in Maranao language, Maranao; and ''paster'' in Iranun language, Iranun. Description The meat or fish component of the dish is known as the ''kagikit''. It is usually shredded beef or chicken. The meat is cooked similarly to ''Philippine adobo, adobo'' (but without the vinegar). It is boiled and then shredded. Garlic and onions are sautéing, sautéed in a pan and the shredded meat is added. Soy sauce (or oyster sauce), black pepper, and salt to taste are added and allowed to simmer until they evaporate. Palapa (condiment), Palapa or chili pastes are also traditionally added since Muslim Filipino dishes are almost always spicy. Shredded gri ...
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Potato
The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. Genetic studies show that the cultivated potato has a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the '' S. brevicaule'' complex. Many varieties of the potato are cultivated in the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous. The Spanish introduced potatoes to Europe in the second half of the 16th century from the Americas. They are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. Following millennia of selective breeding, there are now over 5 ...
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