Ketupat 3D Render Design Element Front View. Ketupat (in Indonesian and Malay), or kupat (in Javanese and Sundanese), or tipat (in Balinese) is a Javanese rice cake packed inside a diamond-shaped container of woven palm leaf pouch. Originating in Indonesia, it is also found in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, southern Philippines, southern Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It is commonly described as packed rice, although there are other types of similar packed rice such as lontong and bakchang.