Hari Raya Aidilfitri Delights

These are some of the food commonly offered during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House.

The lemang is an all time favourite. It is glutinous rice cooked in hollow bamboo over an open fire. When cooked, it is removed from the bamboo, cut and eaten with chicken curry.

Another dish which is de riguer is the satay ( charcoal-grilled skewers of chicken and beef ) which is accompanied with ketupat (rice flattened and packed into casings) and eaten with a sweet and spicy peanut sauce.

Beef rendang (dry beef curry) is also served.

There are many varieties of cookies to tempt those with sweet tooth and the children. A traditional cookie is the kuih makmur.

Pineapple tarts and peanut cookies are perennial favorites.

Dodol (a sticky soft sweet) is a must.

Here are also some of my favorite kuih which I absolutely must have whenever I "balik kampung".