SAKURA@KENYALANG 2020 - Dapur Tradisi

19 February 2020, Wednesday – “Dapur Tradisi” is a program where the participants were taught on how to cook traditional delicacies like kuih ketayap and ambuyat. In order to teach the students properly, a teacher who also runs business selling desserts through social media like Instagram. The participants are allowed to scan the QR code before the event starts, which was on 2 o’clock in the evening.

            Kuih ketayap is a green coloured wrap with sweetened grated coconut fillings. It is a type of snack that is usually consumed for tea time. The ingredients used for it are wheat flour, grated coconuts, pandan leaves and others. The teacher gave guides and instructions whereby all other participants take turn to try preparing it. Each and every one of the participant got to try doing it themselves and taste their own products.

            Ambuyat on the other hand is a snack made from sago flour. The flour is mixed with hot boiling water and needed to be stirred continuously and vigorously until it turns transparent and became sticky. This ambuyat is best eaten with foods like sambal belacan and others of the same taste. Participants took turn to stir the ambuyat and then eat it with the sambal that the teacher brought.

            This kind of activity is very good in order to introduce some of our Malaysian traditional foods to those who had never ate it or prepared it. Hopefully in the future, more activities like this are able to be carried out to introduce our Malaysian culture to others who had never experienced it.

Written by,
Claudia Charissa