Rempah udang is a traditional

Peranakan The Peranakans () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (), namely the British Colonial ruled ports in the Malay Peninsula, th ...

dumpling Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fi ...

dessert snack (kueh or

kuih ''Kuih'' ( Indonesian: '' kue''; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew ''kueh'' – ) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called ca ...

), usually made from

glutinous rice Glutinous rice (''Oryza sativa var. glutinosa''; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amylose ...

and

shrimp paste Shrimp paste or prawn sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks. They are eithe ...

(hae bee hiam) wrapped in a pandan leaf. It is sometimes wrapped in banana leaves.

Description

Rempah udang typically comes as an oblong-shaped glutinous rice roll, filled in the middle with shrimp paste. The rice used is mixed with

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and is sometimes coloured with the blue pea flower. It is similar to the Indonesian

lemper ''Lemper'' is an Indonesian savoury snack made of glutinous rice filled with seasoned shredded chicken, fish ''abon'' (meat floss) or serundeng. The specific ''lemper'' filled with seasoned shredded chicken is called ''lemper ayam'' (lit: chic ...

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last=Duruz , first=J. , last2=Khoo , first2=G.C. , title=Eating Together: Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore , publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers , series=Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy , year=2014 , isbn=978-1-4422-2741-5 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JojpBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 , page=152 Malaysian desserts Rice dishes