Preparing ketupat nasi do’s and dont’s

📌 Ketupat is a special and ubiquitous rice cake which is compressed and packed inside a palm leaf, woven into a diamond shape.

📌 It’s normally served during the Eid celebration. The taste is bland and should be eaten with other authentic Eid dishes such as rendang, kuah kacang and many more.

📌 Besides weaving the ketupat to a diamond shape, inserting the rice grains is definitely a challenge for me. So I would like to share with your some tips while preparing for ketupat nasi this EID. Let’s start:

🔹 Do’s:

📌 Rinse the rice thoroughly until the water runs clear, drain, then set aside to dry.

📌Fill up each ketupat casing with rice with about 1/3 or 40%.

📌 Tighten any gaps to secure the rice grain from coming out.

📌 Before cooking, tie 5 ketupat in a knot. This way, it’s easier to take them out once cooked .

🔹 Dont’s:

📌 Don’t use unwashed rice

📌 Don’t soak the rice. Just rinse and let it dry.

📌 Don’t fill up each ketupat casing with more than half the size. The rice will expand as it cook. Too much rice will make your ketupat hard.

📌 Don’t fill up each ketupat with rain grain less than 1/3 of the casing. Too little rice will make your ketupat too soft.

📌 Don’t leave any gap in between the weaves.

📌 Don’t cook your Ketupat individually or you will end up with the trouble to take them out one by one.

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