Compressed rice cakes
served with lontong, satay, or the following Sayur
Ketupat dishes
Ingredients:
0.6 kg / 1 kt
2280 ml / 80 oz
broken rice (bras
hanchor) or rice
water
Directions:
Cook the rice and
water until more than half of the water has
evaporated. Stir the rice vigorously until it
has a smooth consistency. Cook over a low flame
until dry. Take a bowl and spread a muslin cloth
double it s size over it. Pour the rice into the
covered bowl, and cover with the overlapping
edges of the cloth. Compress the rice by placing
a slightly smaller bowl on top and a heavy
object in the second bowl. Set aside for 8 hours
at room temperature. Cut the rice with a wet
knife into small cubes.