Course | Main course |
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Place of origin | Indonesia |
Region or state | Java |
Serving temperature | Room temperature |
Main ingredients | compressed rice cooked in banana leaf with vegetables or minced meat fillings |
Variations | Different fillings, also related to lemper |
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 (lit. "filled lontong"). [1]
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. [1] It is quite similar to lemper, but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice.
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. There are a lot of arem-arem variants, which mostly differ according to their fillings, the availability of ingredients, and also creativity of the creator. [2]
Arem-arem usually uses a thin young banana leaf as a wrapper. Lontong, on the other hand, usually uses thicker, mature banana leaves. The texture of arem-arem snacks is usually softer compared to those of common lontong or sticky lemper, due to thinner banana leaves, the addition of coconut milk, and a prolonged steaming or boiling period.
Course | Main course |
---|---|
Place of origin | Indonesia |
Region or state | Java |
Serving temperature | Room temperature |
Main ingredients | compressed rice cooked in banana leaf with vegetables or minced meat fillings |
Variations | Different fillings, also related to lemper |
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 (lit. "filled lontong"). [1]
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. [1] It is quite similar to lemper, but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice.
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. There are a lot of arem-arem variants, which mostly differ according to their fillings, the availability of ingredients, and also creativity of the creator. [2]
Arem-arem usually uses a thin young banana leaf as a wrapper. Lontong, on the other hand, usually uses thicker, mature banana leaves. The texture of arem-arem snacks is usually softer compared to those of common lontong or sticky lemper, due to thinner banana leaves, the addition of coconut milk, and a prolonged steaming or boiling period.