Festive Food

To start off, the few basic must-haves on most, if not all, Hari Raya tables include Ketupat (a traditional rice cake dish wrapped securely in woven palm leaves), Rendang (a meat dish - usually beef - cooked in a thick paste of herbs and spices and coconut milk), Curry chicken(chicken cooked in a thin gravy made from coconut milk, herbs and spices), Satay (skewered meat marinated in herbs and spices and grilled over fire) and Lontong (a mixed vegetable stew cooked in spicy coconut milk gravy). However as mentioned, these are only a few of the more popular favourites. 

The ketupat is made from rice that has been wrapped in a woven palm leaf pouch and  boiled.

 Beef rendang usually served with ketupat