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Lepet

Lepet, sticky rice dumpling with peanuts cooked in coconut milk
Alternative names	Leupeut (Sundanese), Lepat (Malay)
Type	Dumpling
Region or state	Java,Indonesia
Main ingredients	Sticky rice,coconut milk,peanuts, wrapped in young coconut leaf

Lepet (Javanese),Leupeut (Sundanese), orLepat (Indonesian) is a type of steamedsticky ricedumpling snack found among peoples throughoutJava (Javanese andSundanese),Sumatra and theMalay Peninsula (Malay). The pudding is packed inside ajanur (young coconut leaf) orpalm leaf. It is similar tolontong, but with a stickier texture and richer flavor due to the use ofcoconut milk andpeanuts.

Lepet is made bysteaming theketan (sticky rice) until half cooked incoconut milk then mixing it withpandan leaf andsalt until all of the coconut milk is absorbed into the sticky rice. Then the half-cooked coconut milk sticky rice is mixed further with gratedcoconut flesh and peanuts then wrapped insidejanur (young yellowish coconut leaf) in a cylindrical shape and secured with strings made from coconut leaf fibers (or any kind of strings). The rice packages inside the coconut leaf are then steamed further until completely cooked. The most common filling ispeanuts; however, other kinds of beans such askidney beans,cowpeas,jack beans, orcorn might also be used.^[1]

Other than sticky rice, lepet can be made from corn as well, which is similar totamale.^[2]

In theSundanese area ofWest Java, it is known asleupeut and is usually made in a smaller size with peanut filling and consumed withtahu sumedang (friedtofu). It is a popular snack in theKuningan andSumedang Regency.

In theMalay-inhabited regions ofSumatra, theMalay Peninsula andSingapore, it is known aslepat. Popular kinds include one made with ripe bananas and filled withpalm sugar and grated coconut and wrapped inside abanana leaf (lepat pisang);^[3] and one made from gratedcorn mixed with coconut and steamed wrapped in corn husks (lepat jagung).^[4] Lepat fromtapioca flour were commonplace during the food shortages ofJapanese occupation in Malaya and Singapore.^[5]

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