What is Lemang? Glutinous rice, with coconut milk with a bit of salt, cooked in banana leaf lined bamboo over a wooden fire.
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Hari Raya for Malays in Malaysia will not be complete with out this, and it is usually eaten with rendang, a dry spicy curry dish, made with beef or chicken.
This is the finish product after being cook and taken out of the bamboo, and the banana leaf remove and is cut into pieces ready to eat, Very Filling
Lemang Stall
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Usually found only during Raya Period, Lemang is traditionally cook / prepared in open air stalls, It is difficult to prepare well as the heat of the fire, frequent turning of the bamboo to prevent the rice from being burnt, and other factors come into play during the cooking, as such it is usually prepared by a master lemang specialist as a communal project in kampongs (village)or sold on the road side in towns and city.
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