This year, the annual Chinese "Chang" festival falls on the 28th of May. The official name of this festival is "The Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Festival", which is believed to have originated in ancient China. It is a public holiday for some countries such as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. This festival is also being celebrated in other East Asian nations.
Being a Malaysian Chinese, what we normally do (in the past......) is that our mother, grandmother and aunties are seen busy preparing the ingredients and the bamboo or pandan leaves for purpose of making glutinous rice dumplings. In the old days, the older generation will be teaching the younger ones how to fold and tie bamboo/pandan leaves to create a neat dumpling, but today, this specialties is being commercialise and on top of that most younger generation people (girls off course) are too busy for such task. So, very few family now make their own dumplings at home, instead they just buy the ready made ones for own consumption.
To be frank, I've tried many times to acquire this skill from my mum during my childhood days, but I never succeed (my little humiliating secret)....... the rice & ingredients always ended up in the pot of boiling water instead of being a cooked glutinous rice dumpling, ready to be eaten!! Oh.... what a shame!! Anyway, at least I got the opportunity to try.......
I would like to wish all Chinese people out there, "A very happy & joyous Chang Festival" and...... enjoy eating your glutinous rice dumplings. Here's one for you.........
Being a Malaysian Chinese, what we normally do (in the past......) is that our mother, grandmother and aunties are seen busy preparing the ingredients and the bamboo or pandan leaves for purpose of making glutinous rice dumplings. In the old days, the older generation will be teaching the younger ones how to fold and tie bamboo/pandan leaves to create a neat dumpling, but today, this specialties is being commercialise and on top of that most younger generation people (girls off course) are too busy for such task. So, very few family now make their own dumplings at home, instead they just buy the ready made ones for own consumption.
To be frank, I've tried many times to acquire this skill from my mum during my childhood days, but I never succeed (my little humiliating secret)....... the rice & ingredients always ended up in the pot of boiling water instead of being a cooked glutinous rice dumpling, ready to be eaten!! Oh.... what a shame!! Anyway, at least I got the opportunity to try.......
I would like to wish all Chinese people out there, "A very happy & joyous Chang Festival" and...... enjoy eating your glutinous rice dumplings. Here's one for you.........
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