Lontong - a hearty dish
Lontong is a popular traditional malay dish, which can be eaten anytime, during breakfast, lunch, even dinner. The dish comprised of compressed rice cakes with vegetable curry-ish gravy (sayur lemak or lodeh) whose ingredients include cabbage (lots of it), long beans, fried tofu, carrots, and egg. The rice cakes or boiled compressed rice are similar to soto ayam or ketupat found in satay dish, except lontong is roundish due to the shape of the banana-leaf wrapped rice inside the metal mould, though these one can find the pre-cooked version in supermarkets and sundry stores.
Sambal chilli or chilli paste is optional too for those who wants the added zest. But what is lontong without the sambal right? The sambal tend to be of the sweeter type, not the spicy sambal belacan type. Do you notice the serunding? Lontong would not be complete without the serunding! Serunding is the golden brown fried coconut flakes.
You can get lontong like the one shown here for about $3.50. Egg is optional. You can add one for about 50 cents more. The boiled egg can come in half or full. You can find lontong at many Malay stalls at hawker centres or food-courts. Lontong is usually eaten during breakfast though being heavy can be eaten for lunch or dinner too. It is indeed a hearty dish just like laksa!
Qiji food outlet chain also sells them, which can easily gets sold out! This chain cafe actually sells delicious lontong. A delicious local food that cost less than a hamburger meal at fast-food restaurant. During festivities like Hari Raya celebration, Malay families may cook lontong, using the traditional ketupat like the ones found in a satay set, as the rice cubes.
Sambal chilli or chilli paste is optional too for those who wants the added zest. But what is lontong without the sambal right? The sambal tend to be of the sweeter type, not the spicy sambal belacan type. Do you notice the serunding? Lontong would not be complete without the serunding! Serunding is the golden brown fried coconut flakes.
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Qiji food outlet chain also sells them, which can easily gets sold out! This chain cafe actually sells delicious lontong. A delicious local food that cost less than a hamburger meal at fast-food restaurant. During festivities like Hari Raya celebration, Malay families may cook lontong, using the traditional ketupat like the ones found in a satay set, as the rice cubes.
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