lontong
Sign in to saveLontong () 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 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.
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- Food.name
- Lontong
- Food.image
- lontong.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- A traditional way of serving lontong
- Food.country
- Indonesia
- Food.region
- Java
- Food.national_cuisine
- Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
- Food.course
- Main course
- Food.served
- Room temperature
- Food.main_ingredient
- Compressed rice cooked in banana leaf
- Food.variations
- Various
- Food.similar_dish
- Burasa, ketupat, lemang, lepet
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Preparation
- Dishes
- Indonesia
- Lontong sayur
- Lontong balap
- Lontong cap go meh
- Lontong dekem
- Lontong kari
- Lontong bengkalis
- Lontong gulai pakis
- Lontong kikil
- Lontong kupang
- Lontong krubyuk
- Lontong mie
- Lontong pical
- Lontong tahu
- Lontong tuyuhan
- Arem-arem
- Malaysia and Singapore
- See also
- References
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 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.