Women cooking chalpak during Guli arghuvon festivity

Women cooking chalpak during Guli arghuvon festivity

Walking through the small alleys, the dwellers still produce Kanom Farung or Kudi jeen Portuguese cake. The recipes have been passed on from generations to generations and some restaurants offer both Thai and Portuguese foods.

Walking through the small alleys, the dwellers still produce Kanom Farung or Kudi jeen Portuguese cake. The recipes have been passed on from generations to generations and some restaurants offer both Thai and Portuguese foods.

Walking through the small alleys, the dwellers still produce Kanom Farung or Kudi jeen Portuguese cake. The recipes have been passed on from generations to generations and some restaurants offer both Thai and Portuguese foods.

Kuih Sopang is made of banana, glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, palm sugar, and salt, with grated coconut filling. This cake is so named in conjunction with a town called Sepang in Negeri Sembilan but pronounced as “Sopang” in the state’s local dialect. Blend well the mashed banana with the glutinous rice flour. Add in the coconut milk a little at a time and a little salt till the mixture thickens and blends well. Take a little bit of dough, shape into a small ball, insert in the filling and then reshape into an oval. Fry the cake using a low heat to ensure the filling and the cake’s skin are cooked.

The process of cooking chalpak (flat cake) during Guli arghuvon festivity