Ketupat: The Woven Rice Diamond
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Ketupat — rice packed into a diamond-shaped container woven from young coconut leaves (janur) and boiled for 4-6 hours until the rice swells, compresses, and fuses into a dense, firm cake — is one of the most technically beautiful food preparations in the world. The weaving alone takes 3-5 minutes per ketupat for an experienced weaver. The woven janur pouch is an engineering marvel: it expands slightly as the rice swells, allows steam to escape through the gaps in the weave, and can be hung to dry after cooking. Ketupat is the essential accompaniment to opor ayam (INDO-OPOR-01) during Idul Fitri and to gado-gado and sate across the archipelago.
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