Arem-arem is a traditional food from around java. Made from rice and has the filling of meat, chilies, etc. In Indonesia, this food priced about Rp 1.500,00 each, that’s about 15 cent each.
Try the recipe!
Makes approximately 30 pieces
Ingredients:
750 gr good quality rice, washed, and drained
1500 cc coconut milk from half of a coconut
2 salam leaves
1 tsp salt
Fresh green banana leaves
For the filling:
500 gr minced meat
250 cc coconut milk from ¼ of a coconut
Ground (6 red onions and 4 cloves garlic)
2 chilies, seeds removed and sliced diagonally
1 tbs granulated sugar.
1 knob galangale (in Indonesian known as lengkuas), lightly pond
1 tsp salt
2 spring onions finely chopped
2 tbs cooking oil
Steps:
1. Cook the rice, coconut milk, salam leaves, and salt together and stir until the coconut milk is fully absorbed. Remove and set aside.
2. To make filling, heat the cooking oil, fry the red onions, garlic, and chillies until fragrant. Add the minced meat and other ingredients. Stir it until dry, and remove from heat.
3. Wipe the banana leaves clean, then put 2 spoons of the rice on top and smooth out. Add the filling, the wrap into a cylinder. Make sure that the filling is right in the middle. Pinch the two edges.
4. Steam for about 1 hour until well done. Remove and serve.
How to Wrap
Well, in the first time of making arem-arem, it’s quite not easy, uhm… hard to wrap it. That’s my experience.
1. First, clean the banana leaf. Cut it as a square shape. The size about 12 X 12.
2. Put the rice. Flat it out. (Not too flat!)
3. Put the filling. Remember this, put it at the middle.
4. Put the rice on the filling.
5. Now, roll the banana leaf 3 times. It does have to be 3 rolls!
6. Pinch the two edges.
7. Hook out the lidi to each side. You can replace the lidi with staples.
Glossary :
Lidi : palm leaf rib.
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