LEMANG AT COVEID ( COVID-19 + EID) 2020

Ready to eat - Lemang + beef curry (rendang)

1) Just to share recipe on how to make tremendously delicious and tasty lemang! It happened on 2020 Eid when I decided to make lemang with my brother at Kedah. The story begins this way - I was in Teluk Intan, Perak and during Movement Control Order (MCO) due to COVID-19, all states - crossing are not allowed. However, I was given permission by police to do so because visiting wife and childrens is allowed. ( My family was at Kampung at that time)

Is being heated 

2) I told to my brother that I wish to make lemang this coming Hari Raya even though we never did before. However, I told him I know how to make lemang and I have experience to make it happen!

Moments with nephew and daughter

3) I went home / kampung 2 day before Eid and we managed to get stuff in preparing lemang. I bought 4 Kg glutinous rice while coconut milk and banana leaf are ready at home ( just pick from backyard). Now, We must get lemang bamboos at the jungle. Fortunately, We have durian farm ( dusun) and there's bamboo trees. We took and selected the best 13 pieces of bamboos. We prepared all stuff a day before we start burn / heat from firewoods. The preparation of the stuff / ingredients was on 22nd May 2020 and the process of heating was on 23rd May 2020 which is a day before Eid.

With my brother in dusun - to get the best bamboos

4) How's the process of making lemang? First of all - We need glutinous rice, coconuts milk, bamboos, banana leaf and of course a bundle of firewoods. Here's the measurement of the lemang recipe:

√ 3 Kg glutinous rice

√ 10 pieces of cocunats to produce milk - take only the first squeeze ( to make it creamy + add salt )

√ 13 pieces of lemang bamboos ( choose the best bamboos)

√ banana leaf as fit as to put inside the bamboos

All bamboos were installed with banana leaf - it has technique to fit the leaf inside

5) There are two ways of preparing the ingredients. Usually, common people put glutinous rice inside the bamboo fist and followed with coconut milk. However, my technique is to mix glutinous rice and coconut milk together. Then, I put it 80% out of the full space of the bamboo's hole and the balance 20% space is for coconut milk. We did both techniques and both resulted great result - creamy and tasty home made lemang!

The mix of glutinous rice and coconut milk

6) We must look after the fire to make sure the heat of the firewoods won't make lemang overcooked or half cooked. We must always turn the bamboos to make all part of the glutinous rice nicely cooked. While the coconut milk started to burst out - get a stick to stir down and up to avoid the milk burstly erupted because the milk is creamy and it's the secret of tasty lemang. Kampung People say " kepala santan" - it's so yummy.

Just 13 pieces for small family members this year

   

7) With the ingredients stated above - It so easy to make tasty lemang. Allah wills,  we will make more lemang again with our big family. This time - no other family members due to restriction of states - crossing.

The bamboos are started to change colour - Must look after everytime

8) Happy Eid all - Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir dan Batin!🤝🙏🙏 [COVEID 2020]

Some photos of making lemang for 2020 Eid