this week's theme for photohunter is cooked/ing...this picture was taken during hari raya last year...this is what we call 'lemang'...it is usually served during festive season...this is malay's traditional dish...

a 'lemang' is glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk and cooked in bamboo stick...the process of cooking lemangs is quite difficult as we hv to bake the lemang using lots of wood...during the process of baking lemang, we hv to make sure that the fire is just nice or our lemang will be overcooked @ not cooked...usually all my family members will gather at my grandmother's house a day before raya to cook lemang...

it is a moment that we are waiting for every year...all the ladies will help to wash the glutinous rice, open up coconut, and squeeze out the coconut milk while all the men will be out, getting the firewood, and taking care of the fire...it's a lot of work and we are doing this while fasting...after a long day, then comes the time that we are waiting for...we will break fast together and divide the lemang...oh...how i miss those days...


lemangs on fire...hehe


my uncle, taking care of the baking part...


the lemangs hv to be turn around to make sure all the parts are cooked nicely