How to make Buras

Buras is one of the traditional food in Sulawesi. the food eaten on special days like the Eid celebrations. Ya, for the Makassar, bugines, and most of south Sulawesi people like me, cook Buras on Eid celebration. It is rice cooked with coconut milk, herbs, and spices, wrapped in banana leaves, and it is rectangle and flat.  Oke, now, I will explain to you here about how to make Buras. It is so simple, but delicious food.

            First,  clean it, and steam. While you waiting it, you may prepare 3 glass of coconut milk, and boild, after it is boiling, pour rice into coconut milk. Make sure the coconut milk become absorbed perfectly into rice.

            After that, you may select special banana leaves, and cut them become a square leaves. Remember that The wrong ones would make the buras rice dark when cooked. Therefore, select banana leaves carefully. Then, Clean leaves, and put the rice on it, then wrap it, then tie it with rope, and steam it again. After all have finished, steam the buras until around 40 minute, then serve it. it will be nice when you eat with  soup or chicken curry.