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Lapa-Lapa

Lapa-lapa is one kind of traditional foods on Southeast Sulawesi which is made of rice or glutenous rice. The rice or glutenous rice is cooked with onions milk squeezed, and pandanus. The procedure is same like we want to cook rice as usual. when the milk squeezed has dried, it means that the rice is half-done. Chill it for a few minutes. Few minutes after, the half-done rice is taken into coconut leaves, which have been three-fold and have been layer with banana leaves too. After that, tie it with string and cook it for two until three hours. Lapa-lapa is delicious food. We can eat it with rendang (special food from Padang), emping (fried chips made of Gnetum gnemon fruit). Lapa-lapa which is made of rice and has long sharp usually served when "haroa", Idul Fitri, Idul Adha, and other events.