My Raya Haji was quiet than usual, except for the masak masak part on the eve of raya. Nik will not be back until next week so I celebrated Raya Haji with my children, my mom, my brother & his family, all my nieces & nephew and my sister-in-laws (three of them – must thanked my husband for having a lot of sisters and made my raya enjoyable).
I was still working on Monday and came back quite late. Reached home around 8pm, went upstairs, changed to my ‘cook’ uniform and all ready for the battle in the kitchen. The good thing was the ketupat were made a day earlier (on Sunday) - and yes! I do anyam ketupat okay! I was the only person who can anyam ketupat at home (not even my mom can do this & Nik's sister who is staying with us, just acquired the skills from me and believe me she was very creative in making up all sorts of ketupat shapes which had never been invented before... hehehe). So every year when we celebrate Hari Raya in Shah Alam, I’m always the important person who makes Hari Raya more meaningful to the whole family…. hehehe, perasan la kejap! And we always choose to buy the daun kelapa instead of the already anyam ketupat casing.
Ketupats ready to be eaten
When I came home that night, my mother had already put the ketupat on fire. We proceeded with making the kuah kacang, sambal goreng Singapore and kurma ayam…
Sambal goreng in the making
... and I bake two cakes for my customers, a chocolate cake and a carrot cake. I planned to bake brownies for Hari Raya but I was SUPER busy that night, so I planned to bake it on the raya day itself…. But too bad, was busy as well…. Maybe will do it this weekend.
Cakes ready to be delivered
On Hari Raya, I visited my SIL in BJ, SJ and then proceeded to my brother’s house, where his wife cooked Nasi Briyani. My schedule was a bit tight yesterday. I came home feeling tired, full and sleepy... And Oh! I ate a lot yesterday (I didn’t know visiting 3 houses in a row can be very damaging) …. I must cut down my food intake today... hence, cut down, I must!!!! - if I have the will power lah, which seems to be lacking nowadays (this morning I had a big, toasted bagel with a very generous portion of cream cheese stuffed in between the bagel and a cup of nice hot mocha – duh!!! And I talked about cutting down!?). So tell me how was your Raya like?
The children with one of my nieces at my SIL's
I was still working on Monday and came back quite late. Reached home around 8pm, went upstairs, changed to my ‘cook’ uniform and all ready for the battle in the kitchen. The good thing was the ketupat were made a day earlier (on Sunday) - and yes! I do anyam ketupat okay! I was the only person who can anyam ketupat at home (not even my mom can do this & Nik's sister who is staying with us, just acquired the skills from me and believe me she was very creative in making up all sorts of ketupat shapes which had never been invented before... hehehe). So every year when we celebrate Hari Raya in Shah Alam, I’m always the important person who makes Hari Raya more meaningful to the whole family…. hehehe, perasan la kejap! And we always choose to buy the daun kelapa instead of the already anyam ketupat casing.
Ketupats ready to be eaten
When I came home that night, my mother had already put the ketupat on fire. We proceeded with making the kuah kacang, sambal goreng Singapore and kurma ayam…
Sambal goreng in the making
... and I bake two cakes for my customers, a chocolate cake and a carrot cake. I planned to bake brownies for Hari Raya but I was SUPER busy that night, so I planned to bake it on the raya day itself…. But too bad, was busy as well…. Maybe will do it this weekend.
Cakes ready to be delivered
On Hari Raya, I visited my SIL in BJ, SJ and then proceeded to my brother’s house, where his wife cooked Nasi Briyani. My schedule was a bit tight yesterday. I came home feeling tired, full and sleepy... And Oh! I ate a lot yesterday (I didn’t know visiting 3 houses in a row can be very damaging) …. I must cut down my food intake today... hence, cut down, I must!!!! - if I have the will power lah, which seems to be lacking nowadays (this morning I had a big, toasted bagel with a very generous portion of cream cheese stuffed in between the bagel and a cup of nice hot mocha – duh!!! And I talked about cutting down!?). So tell me how was your Raya like?
The children with one of my nieces at my SIL's
Comments
Teach me how to anyam.. Can?.. Please... :)
What a time you had on Raya.
err... next day you had bagel and cream cheese! OMG ! where did you get the bagel from? Is it as nice as those kat US? I love the poppy-seed bagel.
P/s : Joey, Fariz and I anyam ketupats tu. (Fariz acquired the knowledge upon his marriage to me). Emil is still trying to anyam - this is his 2nd year to do so.
Waahhhh... didn't know u anyam too. Good for you, let's keep the tradition going... Ina, next lunch session make sure u bring ribbons okay! We'll teach u how.
There's a nice San Francisco Coffee here somewhere around my office building, sometimes I stop there to get a cup of mocha. The bagel is ok tapi sedap lagi yg kat US... heheheh Alamak..... with the cream cheese and all..... sedapnyeeee.... told u I can really eat!
Sure do.. I will bring pink ribbon eh.. I must learn this ketupat anyaman.. My lesson with my dad for ketupat palas pun tak start lagi. Need to keep this North & South tradition going..
bring pink and green ribbons - do that combo....... I think, it'll look nice.
:)