How To Make Buras Rice. 4 Very Easy Steps
How to make buras? Well.. Make buras rice is very easy. Previously we introduced Buras is one of the traditional dishes of Sulawesi which has become legendary with its delicious and savory taste. The shape of this free-range food is like lontong but rather flat, wrapped in banana leaves, then tied with a rope and served with coconut milk sauce.
This recipe for Buras Typical of South Sulawesi is generally known as a processed rice wrapped in woven banana leaves which is served with chicken opor when Eid arrives.
Buras is also another alternative when people are bored with Ketupat or Rice cake (Lontong). You can read how to make rice cake (Lontong) and how to make ketupat in our other recipes. Buras has the same appearance as Lontong, but is a shorter version and tastes slightly different. Because, buras has coconut milk, bay leaves, and salt so it tastes delicious.
Like ketupat, Buras is also a complementary food to certain traditions for dishes during Eid al-Fitr which are served together with opor and Coto Makassar. However, this South Sulawesi specialty has a more savory taste and a distinctive aroma because coconut milk is also included in the cooking and some other spices such as salt.
According to the Wikipedia site. Burasa is one of the typical snacks of Bugis and Makassar residents in South Sulawesi. This food is also known as lapat, coconut milk cake or buras. Its shape is almost similar to rice cake, only slightly flat and cooked in a certain way. Burasa is a dish that must be made by residents of South Sulawesi on Eid day which is usually served with Coto Makassar or chicken opor.
If we observe at a glance, buras looks like lemper (Javanese wet cake). The difference is, if the lemper is made from glutinous rice. You don’t need special skills to make this dish, you just need to read carefully both the ingredients needed and the steps on how to make it. Because, the recipe for making buras rice is categorized as very simple and also uses ingredients that are easily available around you.
Below are the ingredients and how to make buras rice. Listen and follow these steps:
Material:
- 1 liter of rice
- 4 cups coconut milk
- Salt to taste
- Bay leaf
- Banana leaf
How To Make Buras Rice:
- Cook rice, coconut milk, salt, and bay leaf into half cooked rice.
- Spread a piece of leaf rather wide. Give 2 or 3 tablespoons of rice. Roll up and fold both ends towards the center to make a size of 8 x 5 centimeters.
- Cupping 2 packets of rice, the folds of the banana leaves facing each other. Tie at 3 points like top, bottom, and middle.
- Steamed for about 1 hour until the eyes
Tips:
When going to make buras pay attention to the cleanliness of the banana leaves and rice to be used. The banana leaves are wiped first, then dried in the sun so that they are weak. The rice that will be used is also washed until clean. The coconut milk is better boiled first. The goal is that your homemade buras can last a long time. Not only that, when wrapping, don’t tear the leaves so that the cooking water will enter so that your homemade buras will get wet and stale quickly.
If you want to produce fluffier, delicious, and not stale buras, you must pay close attention to the length of boiling and the soaking water. Boil in water until it covers the buras in the pot.
The amount of water is one of the crucial things that must be observed when cooking rice.
Because, using a lot of water can make the rice mushy.
During boiling, do not let the cooking water decrease. If reduced, add more until the water returns to cover the pile of buras. the goal is so that the buras is thoroughly cooked, so it doesn’t go stale easily. Boil the buras until cooked, about 4–8 hours. The longer it boils, the better.
When the buras is cooked, remove it from the pan after that flush with cold and clean water. The reason is when buras is boiled, buras will produce mucus and the wrapping leaves look dirty. This is what can make buras go stale quickly. So you must flush it with clean cold water.
After the buras is watered, then drain it until it is dry, then wipe it to make it even drier. Because if the buras is still wet or damp, it will cause bacteria that can cause the buras to go stale quickly and don’t last long.
After the buras has been drained and has completely dried, you can put it in the refrigerator to make it durable by putting the buras in a plastic bag and then tying it up. Do not let there be gaps or holes in the plastic so that the buras does not get damp. Buras that is put in the refrigerator can last 4 to 7 days.
When buras will be served, try to do as needed, don’t open it all from the leaf wrapper.
Buras that is still cold after being removed from the refrigerator can be steamed for a while so that it is warm. Don’t boil it, because if you boil it, the buras will get wet and become mushy so it goes stale faster.
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