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Lepet

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

Lepet (Javanese),Leupeut (Sundanese), orLepat (Indonesian) is a type ofsticky ricedumpling mixed withpeanuts cooked withcoconut milk and packed inside ajanur (young coconut leaf) orpalm leaf. It is a delicacy commonly found inJavanese andSundanese cuisine (ofJava,Indonesia), and often consumed as a snack. It is similar tolontong, but with a stickier texture and richer flavor due to the use of coconut milk and peanuts.

Lepet is made bysteaming theketan (sticky rice) until half cooked incoconut milk then mixed 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 usually made in a smaller size with peanut filling and usually consumed withtahu sumedang (friedtofu). It is a popular snack in theKuningan andSumedang Regency.

In Sumatra, Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula there is a similarly named food known as lepat, although the recipe and method are slightly different as lepat usespalm sugar and grated coconut flesh fillings which are wrapped inside abanana leaf instead of a young coconut leaf.

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