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lemang

A Malay and Minangkabau rice dish of glutinous rice, coconut milk, and salt, cooked in banana-lined bamboo tubes to prevent the rice from sticking.

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Lemang is believed to have origins linked to the ancient Proto-Malay and Deutero-Malay peoples who settled across Maritime Southeast Asia centuries ago. Similar dishes made from sticky rice in bamboo are common throughout Mainland Southeast Asia.

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