Hi local guides this post part series of ramadhan.
Caption:various food on the table and tradition stove for cooking process.
This post introduce ketupat,most iconic food in Indonesia for Eid it’s means for celebration end day of Ramadan.Ketupat is symbol of Eid.You can easy this logo of ketupat related with Eid.
Caption: woven coconut leaf at the table .
Basically ketupat is simple food just making from rice,salt and it depends on you) and than wrap using coconut leaf. Sounds looks good because easy and simple .
Reality in the kitchen?
Hmmm still need effort for it.The hardest part is how you create coconuts leaves to become neatly woven coconut leaves or .Take easy buddy, nowdays woven ketupat available in many tradition market or supermarket.
Caption : collage photos how to woven coconut leaf for ketupat.
The next part just insert washed rice to inside of woven ketupat.Remember insert only half capacity of rice.
Caption:process insert rice for cooking ketupat.
And the last part is you can boiled woven ketupat with rice inside.And this process taking time atleast 4 hour and more.My family using tradisional stove with fire wood for this process.Again nowadays everything change.You can cooking or boiled ketupat using rice cooker too.The different just small capacity,for small family.
Caption:boiled ketupat using tradisional stove and fire wood.
And yeah after long boiled process ketupat finally cooked.Ketupat is not different like steamed rice by the way.just different because wrapped by woven coconut leaf.Indonesian are big fans of rice and every single food always with rice.
Enjoying ketupat with opor chicken or beef rendang or soup or anything your favourite.By the way thanks to neigbour for sharing beef rendang and sambal goreng kentang ( sambal friend potato) with me.I’m so sorry maybe you disappointed because crazy busy time I got the food on this photos not from my kitchen .Ketupat from my family and rendang and potato from side home neighbor.
Caption: various food with ketupat as main menu.
Again nowdays everything more easy,ketupat also available as instant food like instant noodle.boiled only around 5-10 minutes but without woven coconut leaf and the taste little bit different than ‘real’ cooking ketupat.
And last bit not least be grateful for every single food that you have, end of ramadhan it’s not mean you’re becoming greedy after a full month of fasting.
Thanks so much.
Happy Eid Mubarak for you who celebrate local guide.Blessigs life be with you.
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