AREM-AREM (Rice Filling)

AREM-AREM (Rice Filling)

My son was born in New Zealand. He prefers to eat arem-arem, Lemper Ayam or such food more than the other Indonesian foods every time we go to Indonesia for a holiday. This food can be quickly taken away and eaten up on the go. 

1. Rice filling 

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons oil

250g minced beef

150gr frozen carrots in small cubes

3 cloves garlic

Pepper to taste

A pinch of sugar

1 tablespoon fish sauce

Method

• Sauté garlic in oil until fragrant.
• Add minced beef and carrot, followed by salt, pepper, sugar and fish sauce.  
• Stir until excess juice from the meat and carrot is absorbed and the beef is adequately cooked.  
• Set aside and allow to cool.  

2. The Rice cake:

Ingredients

1 thin (250 ml) of thick coconut milk

500g rice washed and drained

1 teaspoon salt

Pepper to taste

1 lemongrass

Banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

• Put rice in the cooker and add thin coconut milk, salt, pepper, and lemongrass.
• Cook until the coconut milk is absorbed completely and the rice becomes tender.
• Allow cooling.  

3. The arem-arem (Mixed recipes 1 and 2 together)

• Fill one banana leaf with 2 tablespoons of rice.  
• Flatten to 1cm thickness.  
• Add 1-2 tablespoons of beef, roll up the banana leaf, secure both ends with toothpicks, or just fold at both ends. (Each arem-arem should be about 10cm long, with a diameter of 2½cm).  
• Steam for about an hour until cooked.  
• Allow cooling before serving.

ENJOY !!

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