FACULTY OF HOTEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT

UiTM PULAU PINANG

CULINARY TASTE AND EXPERIENCE (HTC583)

FACULTY AND PROGRAM:

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) CULINARY
ARTS MANAGEMENT (HM245)

PROJECT TITLE:
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT - NEWSPAPER
FOOD COLUMN SECTION

PREPARED BY:
NAME: NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MOHD YUNUS
MATRIX NO: 2022842522
GROUP: PHM245 4A1

PREPARED FOR:
EN MOHAMAD AZLI BIN RAZALI

DATE OF SUBMISSION:
04TH JULY 2023
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Foodies
Recipe of Ketupat Palas
Ingredients:
Coconut milk 1 ½ kg
Glutinous rice 2kg
Salt (to taste)
Sugar (to taste)
“Pandan” leave 3pcs
Licuala Leaves “Daun Palas”
The steps:
Wash glutinous rice until clean
and put aside.
In a pot, add coconut milk and 4
cups of water.
Add some sugar and salt to
taste and also put the pandan
leaves to add a fragrant aroma
to the glutinous rice.
Cook until the coconut milk
boils for 5 minutes.
Add the washed glutinous rice
and stir until well combined.
This glutinous rice only needs to
be half cooked.
Turn off the heat and make it
ready to be lifted. Cool it and
can be wrapped with palas
leaves.
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Heritage Food
HERITAGE FOOD:
Ketupat
Introduction
Every country has its own traditional food
that symbolises the identity of that country.
If we look, every food introduced has its own
storey called "history." With this history, it
brings uniqueness to the food. Although
there are many foreign foods that have
been introduced in our country, traditional
food remains the number one choice in the
hearts of Malaysians.
This time, I bring to you all a food that is
quite popular in all parts of Malaysia, namely
ketupat. Although the food is small and
shaped like prisms and triangles, it has a
uniqueness that cannot be compared with
other foods. This ketupat comes from Java,
Indonesia (Mhd. Noor et al., 2016). According
to a Community Forum, Sunan Kilajaga was
the first person to introduce this ketupat as
a heritage food in the country of Java,
Indonesia.
Symbol of Ketupat
In Indonesia, this ketupat is also known as
"ketupet" and is a heritage food of the
Javanese Muslim population. At first, this
food was only introduced in Indonesia, but
after being brought into the neighbouring
country of Malaysia, this food has become
one of Malaysia's traditional foods. Not only
in Malaysia, but we can even get this food in
Brunei and Singapore. Ketupat has brought
a unique symbol, which is the symbol of
unity.
"Ketupat is a Malaysian heritage food that has been made since the heyday of Sultan
Demak in the 15th century (Yana G. W., 2020)."
Tuesday 04th July 2023
This symbol of unity refers to unity and
tolerance between communities in making a
peaceful and prosperous country. We
already know that the country of Malaysia
has various rich nations with unique
civilizations. Among them, Malaysia has
Malay, Indian, Chinese, Kadazan, Iban, etc.
This shows that our country has its own
uniqueness that cannot be matched by
other countries out there.
Specialty of Ketupat
Often, ketupat will be found during festivals
such as "Hari Raya Aidilfitri" and "Hari Raya
AidilAdha" because it is a traditional food for
Malays in Malaysia. Without ketupat, the
food on Raya morning is not complete. This
is because ketupat has become the main
food that will be served on the morning of
the festival. However, in Java, Indonesia is
different from Malaysia, where ketupat is
not only served during the festival, but
ketupat is also served with their afternoon
tea.
Often, they will prepare ketupat "katan
kapau" and accompany it with side dishes
such as "rendang" and curry. Another name
for this "ketupat katan kapau" is lemang in
Malaysia. Returning to the symbolism of the
rhombus, where it means unity that will
further strengthen the relationship of a
family. Both of these festivals are a time for
families to gather and exchange stories.
During the process of making ketupat, all
the relatives will gather to prepare the usual
foods to celebrate the most meaningful day
for Malaysians.
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Foodies
"Ketupat"
Not many foods that belong to
the traditional Malaysian food
category have many variations
but for ketupat, it has brought
a uniqueness where there are
two types which are "ketupat
palas" and "ketupat nasi".
" Food is not
rational,
Food is culture,
habit, craving and
identity."
~Jonathan Safran Foer
@nrsyfiqh15
BY NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MOHD YUNUS
NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MOHD YUNUS
This ketupat is not only eaten by the Malays,
but other races also like this food because
the taste of this ketupat is very unique and
hard to find on normal days other than the
"Aidilfitri" and "AidilAdha" festivals. In
addition, this ketupat is only easily available
during the big festival season due to the
high demand from consumers for raw
materials such as glutinous rice, duan
coconut, palas leaves, and coconut milk.
However, the celebration of "Hari Raya
Aidilfitri" and "Hari Raya Aidiladha" will not
be complete if this ketupat is not served on
the morning of the festival because ketupat
is a Malaysian heritage food that has been
made since the heyday of Sultan Demak in
the 15th century (Yana G. W., 2020).
Variety of Ketupat
These two have their own differences in
terms of the type of rice used. For rice
ketupat, the rice used is normal rice while
for palas ketupat, we use glutinous rice. This
leads to an interesting twist on the food
variety. If classified further, "ketupat nasi"
has various forms and its own name.
Similarly, for ketupat palas we often find
different types of fillings mixed with
glutinous rice such as corn, beans, and
black glutinous rice. For example, the food
tradition in Kelantan requires a sweet
element in each of their meals. So they
prefer to make ketupat that has a sweet
filling like "ketupat palas corn core".
Ketupat has many types because each state
has its own taste, maybe some states prefer
sweet and some prefer plain glutinous rice.
However, the regular ketupat glutinous rice
balls without fillings are more interesting to
me and have become a crowd favorite.
Tuesday 04th July 2023
Each food has an interesting combination
to increase its deliciousness. However, there
are also those who do not need to have a
combination, because it depends on the
type of food and the taste of the person who
eats it. For ketupat, there are various
interesting combinations to enhance the
taste of the food. For ketupat types of rice, it
can mostly be paired with various types of
food such as "lontong", "rendang", "kuah
kacang", and "serunding". This type of
ketupat uses rice and no additional
ingredients need to be mixed and it will
increase the appetite and make you feel like
adding more.
Different from ketupat palas where it can
only be paired with "serunding" and
"rendang" because the process of making
ketupat palas uses glutinous rice and
coconut milk which must have their own
flavour. This food is not only loved by adults
and the elderly, children are also interested
in trying traditional Malaysian food because
of its unique taste that is not found in other
foods.
From here, we can appreciate that this
ketupat is unique to the national tradition of
Malaysia. We, as the generation that will
govern the country in the future, must take
care of the identity of our heritage food so
that it is not modified by irresponsible
individuals.