foto: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
Brilio.net - Lontong is a typical Indonesian food made from rice. Usually, lontong is served as a complement to various foods. Such as satay, curry, gado-gado, chayote, meatballs, and many more. Its dense and chewy texture makes anyone who eats lontong feel full.
Lontong can be made at home. You don't just have to use woven banana leaves, you can also use containers or plastic to mold lontong. Even so, in fact there are still many people who fail when making lontong. Yes, the lontong produced actually has a hard texture when cooked.
To get around this, you can add whiting to the boiled rice water mixture when making lontong. The addition of this ingredient is thought to make the texture of lontong denser and chewier.
But there's no need to worry if you don't have a stock of whiting at home. Because it turns out there are other methods that can be used to make lontong that is dense, chewy and fail-safe. The method was demonstrated by Instagram user @melki.mdiani.
An easy way to make lontong that is dense, chewy and fail-proof
Reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @melki.mdiani on Monday (25/3), first wash 2 glasses of rice with water until it is maximally clean. So that the lontong results are good, it is recommended that you use pera type rice. Once clean, add 7 glasses of water to the rice cooker pan.
photo: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
After that, add 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp cooking oil, bay leaves and pandan leaves to the mixture. Stir then cook the rice as usual.
photo: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
Once cooked, open the lid of the rice cooker. Don't stir immediately, but let it sit for 15 minutes so that all the hot steam comes out. Immediately stir and set aside all types of leaves in the rice after leaving it for 15 minutes.
"Keep stirring until the texture is smooth," said the owner of the video.
photo: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
Once done, transfer the cooked rice to a container with the entire surface smeared with cooking oil. Flatten and compact the rice with a rice ladle.
"To make the surface smooth, grease the spoon with a little oil. Once it is flat and solid, let it sit for a few hours," he explained.
photo: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
After letting it sit for several hours, the lontong is ready and can be cut into pieces of the size you like. As seen in the video upload, this netizen cut the lontong in a square shape. When held, the texture of lontong looks dense and chewy.
photo: Instagram/@melki.mdiani
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An easy way to warm lontong.
Here's an easy way to warm lontong:
1. Prepare a large pot and fill it with enough water. Make sure the pan is large enough to accommodate the lontong you are going to warm.
2. Place the pan on the stove and turn on the heat to medium intensity.
3. Wait until the water boils.
4. After the water boils, put the rice cake into the pan. Make sure the lontong is completely submerged in water.
5. Let the lontong boil in boiling water for a few minutes. The time it takes will depend on how much lontong you warm and how cold it is.
6. Once the lontong is warm, turn off the heat and remove the pan from the stove.
7. Drain the water from the pan using a strainer or colander.
8. Serve lontong warm along with accompaniments or your favorite sauce.
By following the steps above, you can easily reheat lontong with delicious results that are ready to be served. Make sure to warm the lontong carefully so that it doesn't get too soft or fall apart.
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