Arem-arem
Arem-arem is an Indonesian-Javanese compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, filled with diced vegetables, tempeh or oncom, sometimes also filled with minced meat or abon (beef floss), eaten as snack. Arem-arem is often described as a smaller size lontong with fillings, thus sometimes also called lontong isi (lit. "filled lontong").[1]
 Arem-arem | |
| Course | Main course |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Java |
| Serving temperature | Room temperature |
| Main ingredients | compressed rice cooked in banana leaf with vegetables or minced meat fillings |
| Variations | Different fillings, also related to lemper |
It is common in Java, and often found in Indonesian marketplaces as jajan pasar ("market munchies"); as a type of kue (snack) offered there. Arem-arem is served at traditional ceremonies, family gatherings, birthdays or office meetings, and often presented in a snack box.[1] It is quite similar to lemper, but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice.
Variants and fillings
The rice is cooked with coconut milk, and stuffed with diced vegetables (carrot, common bean and potato), cooked minced meat (beef or chicken), abon (beef floss), or tofu, oncom and tempeh. There are a lot of arem-arem variants, mostly differ according to its fillings, the availability of ingredients, and also creativity of the creator.[2]
Arem-arem usually uses thin young banana leaf as wrapper, a thin light yellow-green colored banana leaf. Lontong on the other hand, usually uses thicker mature banana leaf. The texture of arem-arem snack is usually softer compared to those of common lontong or sticky lemper, due to thinner banana leaf, addition of coconut milk and prolonged steaming or boiling period.
References
- Riesty Wulan. "Never miss to taste cheap & tasty Arem-arem in Indonesia!". The Daily Roar.
- Nila Puspita. "15 Resep Arem-arem". Cookpad.
External links
- 15 variations of Arem-arem recipes (In Indonesian)
