Ketupat

1 Comment Posted by on February 19, 2014

The puso or hanging rice of Cebu isn’t local in that city as what several have claimed  in their writings (even without basis). I’ve eaten puso in Leyte and Negros provinces and have seen it outside the country in Indonesia. Finally I got snaphots of it in Brunei where I had it with satay and where it’s called ketupat.

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Cooked white rice packaged in weaved palm fronds

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Sliced open by knife, same as how they do it with puso in Cebu

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Satay stall in Bandar Seri Begawan where ketupat is 1 BND for 3 pieces. Paired with satay when eaten, just like how it's paired with skewered barbeque in Cebu

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One response to “Ketupat”

  1. Anonymous April 21, 2024 at 8:14 pm

    In Myanmar, this is known as Hsaing Pauk, In Thailand is Chao Pran, In Laos, is Sao Xang, In Cambodia is Toun Teav, In Vietnam is Phan Cai, In East Timor is Hais, In Japan is Oshiguri, its a kind of food wrapped in a leaf of a certain tree/plant that growns in rural areas. This originated in Okinawa, Japan in the 1920s.

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