Getting to Know Nasi Liwet Better
Liwet rice is a typical Solo food which is a savory rice. It is actually similar to uduk rice. It is usually served with chayote vegetables, chicken sawiran, and savory porridge made from coconut.
Liwet rice is famous for its soft texture and savory taste. The savory taste comes from the boiled rice which is cooked by pouring coconut milk over it. Another uniqueness of liwet rice is in the way it is served, using banana leaves as a wrapper and also functioning as a spoon. Solo residents usually eat liwet rice at any time, from breakfast to dinner.
Liwet rice is usually sold around with bamboo baskets by mothers who carry it every morning, or sold in stalls during the day. The liwet rice trading center is in Duwet and Menuran villages, Baki District, Sukoharjo Regency.
The origin of liwet rice actually began with the commemoration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Every month of the birthday, the people of Solo routinely hold a thanksgiving ceremony or what is usually called kenduri. This ceremony is intended to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, with the hope of getting blessings. This liwet rice has a lot of side dishes, the combination is too many kinds. What kind of nutritional content is there with our complex in this liwet rice?
If rice contains carbohydrate nutrients. So rice is a food source of carbohydrates. When it is processed into liwet rice, there is additional coconut milk, and coconut milk is a group of fatty food ingredients. So liwet rice, when compared to ordinary rice, liwet rice is rice that has a very high fat content, because coconut milk is added. Well, because the liwet rice itself has been processed using coconut milk, it has a high fat content. So it is expected that the accompaniment to the liwet rice is a side dish that is not processed using excessive oil.
If you often use fish that is processed by frying. Then it is better to accompany it with a protein group that has been processed by boiling eggs, that is more suitable. Or with chicken, and grilled fish is more suitable. Moreover, the specialty of liwet rice is that it is given areh sauce. Areh sauce is a sauce made with coconut milk which has a very thick composition. So the fat content is already very high, so it is recommended to use a side dish that is processed without using excessive oil. And then because of its high fat content, it is expected that after consuming liwet rice, you should consume food sources of fiber such as fruits to be able to remove excess oil contained in liwet rice.
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By @midiagam