Starting my own blog taught me lots of new things. For instance during our journey back to Kuala Terengganu, I was more alert to the surroundings – taking notes and photos for my blog. Normally I would just sleep, watching the VCDs or lost in my own world. There are lots of beautiful old traditional [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Going Back To Terengganu (Balik Kampung)
Posted in Family, Food, Malay tradition, Ramadhan, Terengganu, Travel, Trengganuspeak, tagged Ayam Golek, beach, Bedil, Geliga, Iftar, Kemaman, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Terengganu, Lempeng, Pasar Ramadhan, Petronas, Petronas Complex, Ramadhan, Refinery, Refinery Complex, Rusial, serunding, Terengganu, Ttupak Sutong on 30/09/2008 | 8 Comments »
Ketupat Nasi
Posted in Food, Malay tradition, tagged Eid, Eid decoration, environment, environmental friendly, Food, kelongsong ketupat nasi, ketupat nasi, ketupat pulut, skill, Terengganu, weaving on 22/09/2008 | 12 Comments »
In Malaysia, ‘ketupat nasi’ or traditional rice cakes are very popular during Eid celebrations. It is one of the most popular foods served in homes and hotels during the Eid celebrations. A greeting card with a picture of ‘ketupat nasi’ would be understood as an Eid greeting card even without any word written on the [...]
Ttupak Pulok (ketupat pulut)
Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Trengganuspeak, tagged Art, Beef, Breakfast, Chicken, Coconut Milk, Delicacy, Dinner, Eat, Enable, Fish, Fry, Glutinious rice, Hassle, Hot Oil, KL, Kuala Terengganu, Leaf, Lunch, Master, mum, Nenek, Oily, Practise, Process, Rendang, Rice, Salt, samba ayang, samba daging, serunding, Soft, Standardspeak, Steam, tasty, Terengganu Folks, Tricky, Ttupak, Ttupak Pulok, Unwrap, Wok, Wrap, Wrapping Process on 17/09/2008 | 5 Comments »
The other day mum asked if I want to eat rendang… Rendang reminds me of ttupak pulok and no ttupak pulok tastes as good as the ones from Kuala Terengganu. Ttupak pulok is a type of glutinous rice delicacy, steamed with coconut milk and wrapped in a special leaf before it is fried to perfection. [...]
Ttupak Sutong
Posted in Food, Malay tradition, Trengganuspeak, tagged Iftar, ketupat sotong, Squid, terengganu food, ttupat sutong on 13/09/2008 | 12 Comments »
A few days ago, mum cooked a very delicious ‘ttupak sotong’ for iftar. ‘Ttuppak sutong or ‘ketupat sotong’ in standardspeak is squids stuffed with steamed glutinous rice in coconut milk curry sauce. The picture of the gleaming white squids floating in a white sea of coconut milk is as appealing to the eyes as it [...]
Malay Kueh In Ramadhan
Posted in Food, Ramadhan, tagged Akok, Artificial, Dates, Fruits, Jala Mas, Kuala Lumpur, Kue Belimbing, Kueh, Lopak Tikang, Nganang, pulok lepa, Ramadhan, Rasulullah, Terengganu, Tok Aji Serbang, Traditional Terengganu Kueh, Zam-zam on 04/09/2008 | 2 Comments »
I just love looking at Malay kueh (sweet and savoury Malay cakes) sold during Ramadhan. They are so colourful and seems more delicious when I am fasting. Anyway we avoid buying those colourful kueh for the artificial colouring and flavouring used is bad for our health. In fact mum cooks everyday for we prefer to [...]
Traditional Remedies
Posted in Malay tradition, tagged Bleeding, Blocked Nose, Chilli, Clove, Coffee, Cold, Cough, Diarrhoea, Energy, Food Poisoning, Herbs, High fever, Honey, Illness, Isotonic Drinks, Medicine, Mortar and Pastel, Nasal Spray, Nutritious, Plants, Rock Sugar, Sore Throat, Strong Tea, Tamarind, Tea, Traditional, Traditional Remedy, Trees, Vomiting, Wound, Young Coconut Water on 01/09/2008 | 3 Comments »
It is always easier to take modern medicine whenever we are not feeling well but we should not ignore the benefits of traditional remedies. Do traditional remedies really work? I know some that really work… For diarrhoea and vomiting (not due to any serious illnesses), mum would give me strong tea without sugar. Milk should [...]
