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Ombus ombus

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Ombusombus is typical Batak food or snacks from Siborong-Borong, North Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia. Ombusombus cakes made of rice flour were given sugar in the center and wrapped in banana leaves. Ombusombus name was reportedly made to give…

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Ombusombus is typical Batak food or snacks from Siborong-Borong, North Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia.

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Indonesia

Placed on record in Indonesia.

03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Ombusombus is typical Batak food or snacks from Siborong-Borong, North Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia.

Where is Ombus ombus practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Ombus ombus in Indonesia.

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Ombusombus is typical Batak food or snacks from Siborong-Borong, North Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia. Ombusombus cakes made of rice flour were given sugar in the center and wrapped in banana leaves. Ombusombus name was reportedly made to give blow (exhale) when eating and cakes are delicious eaten while still warm. It is not clear since when oeuvre began "entrenched", but in the traditional Batak ceremony, usually Lampet or ombusombus remains a dish and is coupled between coffee and tea.

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Ombus ombus is traditional Batak culinary, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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