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{{Infobox prepared food | name = Lepet | image = Lepet.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Lepet, sticky rice dumpling with peanuts cooked in coconut milk | alternate_name = Leupeut (Sundanese), Lepat (Malay) | country = | region = Java, Indonesia | creator = | course = | type = Dumpling | served = | main_ingredient = Sticky rice, coconut milk, peanuts, wrapped in young coconut leaf | variations = | calories = | other = }}

'''Lepet''' (Javanese), '''Leupeut''' (Sundanese), or '''Lepat''' (Indonesian) is a type of steamed sticky rice dumpling snack found among peoples throughout Java (Javanese and Sundanese), Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (Malay). The pudding is packed inside a ''janur'' (young coconut leaf) or palm leaf. It is similar to lontong, but with a stickier texture and richer flavor due to the use of coconut milk and peanuts.

==Cooking== Lepet is made by steaming the ''ketan'' (sticky rice) until half cooked in coconut milk then mixing it with pandan leaf and salt until all of the coconut milk is absorbed into the sticky rice. Then the half-cooked coconut milk sticky rice is mixed further with grated coconut flesh and peanuts then wrapped inside ''janur'' (young yellowish coconut leaf) in a cylindrical shape and secured with strings made from coconut leaf fibers (or any kind of strings). The rice packages inside the coconut leaf are then steamed further until completely cooked. The most common filling is peanuts; however, other kinds of beans such as kidney beans, cowpeas, jack beans, or corn might also be used.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lepet Ketan & Kacang Tolo|url=http://www.sajiansedap.com/recipe/detail/2389/lepet-ketan-kacang-tolo|publisher=Sajian Sedap|language=id|access-date=31 July 2014|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318234226/http://www.sajiansedap.com/recipe/detail/2389/lepet-ketan-kacang-tolo|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other than sticky rice, lepet can be made from corn as well, which is similar to tamale.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lepet Jagung|url=https://id.tastemade.com/videos/lepet-jagung/|language=id|access-date= 13 December 2022}}</ref>

==Variants== In the Sundanese area of West Java, it is known as ''leupeut'' and is usually made in a smaller size with peanut filling and consumed with tahu sumedang (fried tofu). It is a popular snack in the Kuningan and Sumedang Regency.

In the Malay-inhabited regions of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, it is known as '''lepat'''. Popular kinds include one made with ripe bananas and filled with palm sugar and grated coconut and wrapped inside a banana leaf (''lepat pisang'');<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Mohd Yusof Bin Kamaruzaman |author2=Shahrim Ab Karim |author3=Farah Adibah Binti Che Ishak |author4=Mohd Mursyid Bin Arshad |title=The diversity of traditional Malay kuih in Malaysia and its potentials |journal=Journal of Ethnic Foods |date=December 2020 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=22–32 |doi=10.1186/s42779-020-00056-2 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and one made from grated corn mixed with coconut and steamed wrapped in corn husks (''lepat jagung'').<ref>{{cite news |page=8|author=Che' Ramlah binti Haji Ismail |department=Wanita |title=Resep Minggu Ini: Lepat Jagong |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19680714-1.1.8 |work=Berita Minggu |date=14 Jul 1968}}</ref> Lepat from tapioca flour were commonplace during the food shortages of Japanese occupation in Malaya and Singapore.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kratoska |first1=Paul H. |title=The Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: a social and economic history |date=2018 |publisher=NUS Press |location=Singapore |isbn=978-9971-69-638-2 |pages=267–8 |edition=Second}}</ref>

== See also == {{portal|Food|Indonesia}} * Burasa * Ketupat * Lemang * Lemper * Lontong * Suman * List of dumplings * List of steamed foods * kānga waru - type of corn-wrapped steamed pudding found similarly in New Zealand

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== External links == * [http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=749&lang=id Sundanese ''Leupeut'' recipe (in Indonesian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040806/http://www.disparbud.jabarprov.go.id/wisata/dest-det.php?id=749&lang=id |date=2014-08-08 }}

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