Chapter 4.2: How to make Ketupat?

Dear all, have you all tried satay before? Do you know that Ketupat is part of the dish with satay? Have you ever wonder how to make it?

Well, it isn't hard to make, the only difficult part is LEARNING~

Before that, allow us to introduce what Ketupat is. 

Ketupat

It is a typical dishes of Southeast Asian, rice being wrapped with woven leaves of coconut trees when they are still young. Diamond shape ketupat is most prevalent at the time of the celebration of Hari Raya, when people of Muslim celebrate the end of fasting month .Usually this dish is accompanied with curry or satay gravy or any other preferred manner.

The art of making and ketupat is very unique and not so hard and do not use tools other than scissors or a knife, techniques in making ketupat simple because it takes just a few steps of tying it is quite simple and easy to remember. For illustration below are few simple stages of showing step by step tutorial on the onion weave.

Preparation

Ingredient :

1 cup raw rice  = 5 ketupat casings (medium size)

Water for boiling  (a lot)

Method:

1. Wash empty ketupats casings and set aside to drain.
2. For 150 medium ketupat casings,we used about 2.5  kilos of plain local rice (we used Kedah Beras Tempatan)
3. Wash rice and then set aside to dry. It is easier to fill up ketupats when rice is dry, or the rice will stick to fingers.
4. Make the ketupat opening larger at the end where the longer leaves are and fill up to 1/4 full of the casings with rice.
5. Seal that opening by tightening the leaves with a pulling motion. Knot them twice.
6. At the opposite end of the ketupat casings where there are two short parts of the coconut leaves jutting out, tuck the loose ends into the ketupat to seal the hole.
7. Boil a large pot of water (add 3 tbsps of salt) with ketupats. Lower heat to small and simmer the filled ketupats for 2 hours (depending on the amount making), ensuring that they are covered with water at all times,  i.e. refill water when the water level goes down. This makes the ketupat rice last longer and not go bad easily in a few days.

Making Process, a step by step guide. 

Final outcome: