Tepuk amai-amai~~

Hye guys! see you again...this time i want to share with all of you about a very famous mummy song among malays..tepuk amai-amai!

I guess all of you know and won't forget that cutest song right? for sure everyone's mom ever sing the song to us while we are babies and even we also ever sing that song to our little sisters and little brothers. Why i regard it as a traditional song is because nowadays the song almost being forgotten by modern mummies and daddies. They prefer to sing the song of celebrities instead of this old practiced song.

I still remember my mom told me that while i was a baby, when i cried, she will sing the song to me and i will stop crying and started to laugh. However it does not effect my little sister. Even my mom sing that songs for many times, if she is crying, she will still crying. More worse, if me myself sing that song, she cried more loud!

For me, i really value that cutest song. If i heard it or see someone sings the song to their babies, i will feel the feeling of "mummy"..hehe and start to wonder when can i sing that song to my future baby...hehe..lets enjoy "tepuk amai-amai"!!

Terompah..

Salam to all viewers..a traditional item that i want to share today is terompah, a shoe that made from wood. Anyway,today i went to kl to buy a new shoes. In all shoes boutiques and shops those i entered, i noticed that there are some kinds of shoes which look like terompah.

Then i started to wonder, "why now people do not wear the real terompah anymore?" Then me myself try to give the answer, "maybe the original terompah looks like outdated and suitable for older only." If me myself, i think the original terompah is not outdated, but it is a bit heavy so people do not like to wear it. that's why i saw in most of shoes shop, there are terompah but it is not a real terompah, it was being modified to look more fashionable and modern. Some were being made more thicker than the real one, so that it will not heavy.

That is good, try to made a terompah like a modern terompah so that people will still appreciate it and wear it. However, i think we should not forget the real terompah, if we keep on made a modern terompah only, how our next generation can recognize and appreciate the classic and real one? Do they have to go to the muzium to see and know terompah? or come to my house to see and wear it? hehe coz my mom has one. She really appreciate traditional items.

kebaya nyonya...

This time..i would like to share information with the viewers about our traditional cloth..kebaya nyonya!

For Malays, they surely know and recognize the beautiful and gorgeous kebaya but do you think all Malays really recognize that? it will sound weird if there are Malays who say that they do not know what is kebaya nyonya but unfortunately there are some. mostly teenagers from this modern generation, when we ask them about kebaya nyonya, they will say "i ever heard the name but what it looks like?"
so, here i want to share about it so that the generation now and next will not forget it and unrecognized it.

The Nyonya Kebaya is a beautiful, translucent, figure-hugging embroidered blouse worn with a batik sarong by Peranakan ladies.It is this and much more. A nyonya kebaya is a work of art, a labour of love, a heritage, a traditional costume that is timeless. An attire for all occasions, it is elegant, feminine, alluring, sensual, glamorous and fashionable for all ages.

sources from http://www.kebayas.com

Nowadays, we rarely saw women wearing this kebaya to go for event like marriage occasion or going back to village but they prefer to wear modern style of kebaya or kurung.
Do they think this traditional cloth is outdated in this modern time?
However still they are fashion designer who keep on sell it and some try to modify or alter it to be look more fashionable and can attract the interest of modern generation to love it.

"kuih tepung pelita"

Let us share to all of you, to a recipe of a very yummy "kuih"..kuih tepung pelita! even it looks like nothing special but don't judge book by it's cover..hee..it tastes delicious!!

1 + 3tbsp cup rice flour
1 cup sugar
5 cups water

2 tsp pandan paste
4 cups coconut milk
4 tbs rice flour
A bit of salt

2 square Glass or ceramic bowls (9x9 or 10x10)

1. In a pot, mix 1 + 3 tbsp cup rice flour, 1 cup sugar, 5 cups water and 2 tsp pandan paste and stir well until smooth. Keep aside.

2. In a different pot, mix coconut milk, 4 tbsp rice flour and salt and stir well. Keep aside.

3. Cook no.1 on slow heat, stirring continuously until shiny.

4. Pour equally into the 2 glass bowls.

5. Now cook no.2 it thickens. You must stir all the time to avoid the flour from getting clumpy.

6. Pour onto the 1st layer.

7. Refrigerate overnight and enjoy once its chilled.

Hope all you will try it at home! if anyone has tried it or ever eat it, let's share your opinion on this yummy "kuih" by sending your comment here!

From my point of view, i really like kuih tepung pelita because it is sweet, soft like jelly and very pure..(^_^)