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| Ketupat Pasar |
Well, hello there! We will be off until next week due to
Aidilfitri celebration. Hence, like to take this opportunity to wish
Salam Aidilfitri (Eid Mubarak) and
Maaf Zahir & Batin to all. Yes! We are going to
balik kampung and
ketupat, lemang and rendang are waiting for us....
In Malaysia,
ketupat(compressed rice in woven coconut shoot) has always be a compulsory in every houses during
Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Perhaps, without the
ketupat, the celebration will somehow feel incomplete.
Ketupat weaving can be considered as a lost art of Malaysia because now days not many Malaysian know or interested to learn how to weave, especially the younger generation. Anyway, I've conducted a special weaving project for my two kids, just to show them the beauty of it. They were so excited (a good start), and so the weaving project begins with joy. Look at the commitment given by the crews. I was so impressed!
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| Ketupat - Cooking Process |
There are several types of
ketupat. The one that I’ve woven here, called
ketupat pasar. I love to explain in detail on how to weave but seems hard and complicated to put it in writing. The embedded video below will / might explain everything.
It is simple to cook
ketupat. The most important thing is not to overfill rice into a
ketupat casing. One third rice of a casing will be just nice. The result will be not too soft and not too hard.
Ingredients:
Rice (soak and rinse)
Salt to taste
How to:
Insert rice into the ketupat casing(one third) and boil in a pot. Add salt to taste. Boil it for about 2 hours. Monitor the water and continue to add more where necessary.
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| Ketupat with Beef Rendang |
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