Happy Ramadhan Everyone~~

It is the Ramadhan Season!!

Have a look into our 

rich traditional cultures 

of 

Malaysia~

Ramadhan is indeed a month full of blessing, a holy month of fasting as ordained by the Quran for all Muslims who have reached puberty and who are able to keep it, and it is the fourth pillar of Islam.

It is a time of meditation, reflection and self-reformation, allowing people to renew and purify their faith.
 

To match with this special festival, our group visited the Old Town in Kampar to explore and enjoy the ramadhan food which is a must to have a try during this season in Malaysia.

First of all, we will introduce is the famous Malay traditional food

which is

--------LEMANG--------

Sound familiar right?

Now we are going to explore Lemang in Kampar’s Old Town!

There are 3 flavours of Lemang being sold in the Pasar Ramadhan of Kampar. There are original flavour, corn flavour and black glutinous rice flavour.

You may choose to enjoy the flavour that you prefer most!

Lemang is best eaten with some ‘rendang ayam’ as the ‘rendang’ can bring out the Superb taste of the lemang!

THUMBS UP

\(^@^)/

~Yummy~

The Price

The prices for Lemang are as follows:

RM 2.00 for half a row

RM 10 for a whole a row

The price for the ‘rendang ayam’ is RM2.00 a packet.


Want to know more about Lemang?

It is made from: 

• Glutinous rice (black & white) 
• Coconuts (grated & extract the coconut milk)
• Bamboo
• Banana leaf
• Salt
• Sweet corn

The little history for Lemang

Lemang is a Malay traditional food and is made of glutinous rice and coconut milk and cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. The lemang is cooked using loads of coals and firewood.

Lemang is usually prepared for celebrations such as the Iban Harvest Festival of  Hari Gawai and is usually eaten with meat dishes such as ‘rendang ayam’ or ‘rendang daging’. Lemang is ubiquitous among Malay communities and is commonly eaten to mark the end of daily fasting during the annual Muslim Malaysian holidays of Hari Raya Aidilfitri and  Hari Raya Haji.

This is known as Putu~

In term of Malay Language, it is called as “putu kueh/putu piring”.

It is snow white in colour, pretty little bite sized, light weight, taste spongy. (~0~)V

Best eaten streaming hot when brought!!

Underneath is Pandanus Amaryllifolius which named as pandan leaf, it give Putu a sugary sweet fragrance~~ 
The rice powder used is mixed with sugar and sweet coconut filling.
If you bring RM10, you can buy 30 piece Putu~~ V(^O^)V

Next is Dangai~~

It made from sugar, coconut and pulut powder~

It only costs RM0.40 per piece and if you buy 5 pieces of Dangai, it only costs you RM2.00.

 

This is Tepung Gomak

which is made from brown sugar, coconut and green beans.

Don’t it look like a cosmetic puff ??

Haha!

Tepung Gomak also costs RM0.40 per piece and RM 2.00 for 5 pieces. 

Our next spotted food in pasar ramadhan is Zul Popia!

As a Malaysian, for sure you will feel familiar with the word of Popia

Popia original came from China and is commonly called spring rolls in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan

Let check it out how they make this popia!

First, they place the popia skin and spread it with sauce.

Then, they put the turnip turmeric (sayur sanguang kunyik) , bean sprouts, carrots, cucumbers on the top of the popia skin.

After they’ve put all the ingredients on the top of popia skin, they start wrapping it.       

There are 2 types of popia which are fried popia and original popia (popia basah).

 

If you prefer spicy food, we recommend you to add on their spicy source which really suits to the popia.

The ingredients which are wrapped inside the popia is juicy and crispy with the sauce.

The popia’s outer layer is thin and soft which is made from flour….

The price of it whether is fried popia or original popia is only RM 0.50

It is reasonable to buy it!

You can eat it as a snack~

You may also eat it when you are walking around the Pasar Ramadhan!

I believe I can fly~

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At the end...

I become a

Ayam Percik (splash chicken)

It is a traditional food from Kelantan

The reason they call it as “ayam percik” is because when chicken Is grilling over the fire, percik sauce is sprinkled or splashed on the chicken.

The Satay sauce is sweet and aromatic. It is coated with a pastry layer of smoky delicious sauce, which is orange in colour.

It give the “ayam percik” a unique flavour which is different from other chicken dishes.

However, you MUST try to eat ayam percik with Nasi Kerabu!

We strongly recommended the “ayam percik” to all of you

It is suitable for all people to eat it.

Price of Ayam Percik

Drum stick-RM 2.50

Chicken breast -RM 2.5o each

Chicken wing -RM 1.50 each

Ayam Golek Madu

The rosy red colout of Ayam Golek Madu after boiled

It is a very popular delicacy at the southern part of Malaysia

You can easily found this kind of stalls along the road side especially during the fasting season.

Ayam Golek Madu means that the chicken is coated with honey and turned over fire to roast it.

The sauce is made from coconut milk, brown sugar, honey, ground spices which are shallots, garlic, lemongrass, galangal, ginger, turmeric, cumin and fennel.   

The taste of the lemon grass with other ingredients is just finger licking good

Sedapnya~~~ v(*o*)v

It looks extremely rosy RED!

DON’T feel scared of the colour! Because the taste of Ayam Golek Madu is super duper delicious! You can purchase it at Pasar Ramadhan at the price of RM 3.50 each!

Having a cold drink is such a wonderful thing especially for those living in this tropical country

HAPPINESS~   O(^_^)V

You can buy some cold drinks and when you are there

There are many types of drinks you can find at the Pasar Ramadhan!

Look at the below picture

Very colourful and attractive right?

There are lime juice, corn juice, honeydew juice, coconut drinks, orange juice, milo, longan, yam drinks……. and lots of other choices

Here we are going to introduce the most special drinks we found it in Pasar Ramadhan is Laichi kang!

This is Laichi kang!

It is made of plain shaved ice with sugar syrup, countable barley, bits of chewy jelly and a few slices of dates, cincau and biji selasih/ telur katak (it look likes kiwi seed jelly).

You will fall in love looking into a gorgeous refreshing bowl of Laichi kang.

Price for every type of drinks is RM 1.00 per cup and RM 2.00 per packet.

·   
   Due to the peak hour is at 5.00p.m., the stall in the Ramadhan market will set up around 3.30 p.m. and the Ramadhan Season will end on 29th August 2011. Besides, the Ramadhan Season is mostly around September in average of every year.

After this  

fantastic 

and  

stomach-pampered exploration 

of 

Ramadhan food, 

it also comes to THE END of our journey.

Thanks for your  

attentions and comments 

towards our blog along this period, 

5earound appreciate it very much.

People, we LIVE TO EAT!!