Folded In Leaves

The water apple leaf wrapping is an excellent example of wrapping for fermentation purposes. This dessert is called Tape Daun Jambu and a signature from Kuningan, West Java. It is made from fermented glutinous rice with pandanus leaf extract where it gets its green coloring. 

Banana leaf is the most versatile of all leafs for serving and wrapping. It can be used for sweet dish, for grilling and for serving such as this Nasi Pecel dish. 

Corn husks used to wrap dodol, a tafee like texture made of glutinous rice with palm sugar and coconut milk. The corn husks gives a bit of corn aroma to the dodol. 

This is ketupat,  weaved from young coconut leaf that acts as a container where rice is cooked in.  You can find ketupat everywhere during festivities.