she made pulut kuning last friday. steamed glutinous rice yellow from turmeric. a kg of the rice was left to soak and soften for a few hours in a bowl of water, some black peppercorns, slices of garlic, onions and ginger. a little bit of salt.
the steamer tray was lined with pandan leaves. the softened yellow glutinous rice was then placed on the pandan leaves (for the wonderful aroma). steamed for about an hour or so until soft and clingy. removed from tray, mixed with boiled santan (abt rm3.00) already salted.
placed again in steamer tray. steamed further for another 40 minutes or so. until the sticky rice looked shiny.
the kids love eating pulut kuning with chicken curry or boiled egg curry, loading the rice with lots and lots of gravy!. (curry has kerisik in it so that the gravy is thick and yummy!)
she loves it too....
in those childhood days of yore, when her grandmother taught the village kids to recite the Al-Quran, each child would bring a plate of pulut kuning, curry and omelette upon finishing the 30 juzuks. (no chicken curry then as in those days it was only cooked once or twice a year on Aidilfitri and Aidiladha)
the kids would also give her grandmother a kain batik, fabric for kurung, selendang and rm10.00 (in the 60's was big money for the village folks).
teaching kids was then done free of charge. ikhlas. they say a Quran teacher will never get senile in old age. in her grandmother it was perfectly true. at 100 years of age Alhamdulillah she was still focused as ever!
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