Lontong

Prepared Food AddinsGrainRiceMildStarchyNeutralChewyEarthy

Nutrition (per 100 g)

Calories: 130
Protein (g): 2.4
Fat (g): 0.3
Carbs (g): 28.2
Fiber (g): 0.4
Sodium (mg): 1

Primarily cooked rice compacted into a dense cake; mostly starch with minimal fat and sodium. Banana leaf contact can lend a faint aromatic note.

Storage

Room temp: up to 0 days
Refrigerated: up to 3 days
Frozen: up to 30 days

Lontong is a firm, compact cylinder of cooked rice wrapped in banana leaf and sliced into pale rounds. It tastes mild with a faint leafy aroma and a chewy, tight crumb that soaks up sauces. Cooks use it as a starchy base in soups, salads, and satay platters, and it is sold as fresh logs or vacuum-packed rolls.

It originated in the Indonesian archipelago and spread through Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei as a portable rice staple. Traditional methods boil or steam banana-leaf wrapped rice until gelatinized and compressed, a technique rooted in communal cooking and market food culture.