Compressed Rice Cakes

Lontong is a compressed rice cake usually eaten with peanut sauce dishes, such as Gado Gado and Sate Ayam, and coconut milk soups, such as soto. It is also an important component of Lontong Cap Go Meh. Traditionally, raw rice is poured into banana leaf tubes and boiled. Once cooked, the rice roll is sliced into pucks. This method usually takes four to eight hours to cook and the lon