Lamban is a traditional
dessert
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for the
Lun Bawang
The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo. They are indigenous to the southwest of Sabah (Interior Division including Labuan) and the northern reg ...
,
Bruneian Malay people
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region. (, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) are a native Malays (ethnic group), Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei, the Federal Territories of M ...
,
Kedayan
The Kedayan (also known as Kadayan, Kadaian or Kadyan) are an ethnic group residing in Brunei, Federal Territory of Labuan, southwest of Sabah, and north of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. According to the Language and Literature Bureau of B ...
in
Labuan
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and in the
states
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of
Sabah
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,
Malaysia
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.
The taste of Lamban is almost like the
Malays ketupat
''Ketupat'' (in Indonesian and Malay), or ''kupat'' (in Javanese and Sundanese), or ''tipat'' (in Balinese) is a Javanese rice cake packed inside a diamond-shaped container of woven palm leaf pouch. Originating in Indonesia, it is also ...
or the Chinese's rice dumplings and
kelupis of
Lun Bawang / Lundayeh.
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See also
* Kelupis
* Suman (food)
Suman, or budbud, is an elongated rice cake originating in the Philippines. It is made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, often wrapped in banana leaves, coconut leaves, or ''buli'' or ''buri'' palm ('' Corypha'') leaves for steaming. ...
References
Glutinous rice desserts
Bruneian cuisine
Malaysian cuisine
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