Kampalo, a sticky rice dish made with coconut milk and served in palm leaves.

Kampalo, a sticky rice dish made with coconut milk and served in palm leaves.

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Kampalo is an Indonesian rice cake made from sticky rice cooked in salted coconut milk, then wrapped in a woven palm leaf and steamed again.

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The kampalo is prepared with sticky rice that has been partially cooked in a salty coconut milk. It is then wrapped in young coconut leaves and cooked again.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Total1 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodcooked in water
  • Estimated cost$3.50 $0.44 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

8 people
  • $1.46
  • $1.96
  • $0.08

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Pour the coconut milk into a pot, add the salt, and bring to a boil.
  2. Wash the sticky rice until the water is clear, drain it, and then immerse it in the boiling coconut milk.
  3. Stir the rice until it is halfway cooked. ≈ 4 min
  4. Prepare the coconut leaves by shaping them, then fill them with rice. ≈ 10 min
  5. Thoroughly seal the leaves and continue cooking until the rice is cooked through. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Kampalo, a sticky rice dish made with coconut milk and served in palm leaves.

  • 500 g of glutinous rice$1.46
  • 50 cl of coconut milk$1.96
  • salt$0.08

Total$3.50

that's $0.44 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of glutinous rice
  • 50 cl of coconut milk
  • salt
  • Young coconut leaves, in sufficient quantity

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