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{{Short description|Several kinds of cake in Sumatra}}
{{distinguish|CIMPA}}
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'''Cimpa''' are a variety of related cakes cooked by the [[Karo people (Indonesia)|Karo]] of [[North Sumatra]], made of rice flour, coconut and palm sugar.
Four varieties of cimpa are produced:
* Cimpa tuang - made from [[rice]] flour, grated coconut, [[Borassus flabellifer|palm sugar]], and water. The mixture is made into a [[Batter (cooking)|batter]], which is fried like a [[pancake]]<ref>http://www.melikas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=416:cimpa-tuang&catid=72:kuliner&Itemid=416{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Cimpa unung-unung - made from purple [[glutinous rice]] flour, grated coconut, palm sugar, and water. The ingredients are mixed into a dough, and are placed into individual singkut-leaf wrappers ({{lang|id|singkut}} is a plant from the genus [[curculigo]] in the family of [[hypoxidaceae]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taksonomitumbuhan.blogspot.com/2010/05/singkut-curculigo.html |title=Taksonomi Tumbuhan Tingkat Tinggi: Singkut (Curculigo ) |accessdate=2010-11-09 |url-status=dead
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708064746/http://taksonomitumbuhan.blogspot.com/2010/05/singkut-curculigo.html |archivedate=2011-07-08 }}</ref>).
* Cimpa bohan - made using purple glutinous rice flour, palm sugar, and grated coconut, cooked inside [[bamboo]]
* Cimpa matah<ref>http://repository.usu.ac.id/bitstream/123456789/16948/4/Chapter%20II.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
Cimpa are traditionally consumed on the sixth day of the [[Kerja Tahun]] festival.<ref>http://repository.usu.ac.id/bitstream/123456789/18047/3/Chapter%20III-IV.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWEPegB6TqU Cimpa, makanan khas Suku Karo (video)]
[[Category:Batak cuisine]]
[[Category:Batak Karo]]