arem-arem is an indonesian-javanese compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, filled with diced vegetables, tempeh or oncom, sometimes also filled with minced meat or abon (beef floss), eaten as snack.arem-arem is often described as a smaller size lontong with fillings, thus sometimes also called lontong isi (lit.'filled lontong').it is common in java, and often found in indonesian marketplaces as jajan pasar ('market munchies'); as a type of kue (snack) offered there.arem-arem is  served at traditional ceremonies, family gatherings, birthdays or office meetings, and often presented in a snack box.it is quite similar to lemper, but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice.there is a lot of arem-arem variants, mostly differ according to its fillings, the availability of ingredients, and also creativity of the creator.arem-arem is usually uses thin young banana leaf as wrapper, a thin light yellow-green colored banana leaf.lontong on the other hand, usually uses thicker mature banana leaf.the texture of arem-arem snack is usually softer compared to those of common lontong or sticky lemper, due to thinner banana leaf, addition of coconut milk and prolonged steaming or boiling period.
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