January 29, 2012


Kuih Jala

Courtesy picture from etabika.kemas.gov.my

Kuih Jala is quite popular today and also known as Kuih Karas. It is crispy make people love to eat this traditional food. This food is the traditional food of  Iban ethnic.It is become the signature product of Sarawak. The ingredients is the flour, water and gula apong(made from red palm) used in Sarawak. In the peninsular they used gula melaka 
Price 1kg: RM14
500g: RM8



Kuih Murukku

Courtesy picture from http://kotakechik.blogspot.com

Kuih Murukku is also known as the chakli or akar kelapa. It is snack that originally come from the India and also popular in the Malaysia. The ingredients is include spices, rice flour, curry leaf and many more. This traditional food is usually eat during festive season which is Deepavali and the shape is circle.
Price: 1kg-RM14
         500g-RM8


Conclusion
The local people should produce the traditional food more.  this is because it will give many benefits to many parties for example to improve the quality of life of the village people. usually, the main producer of this type of food is the villagers. This traditional food can enter the wider market and generate profit for Malaysia when it sell for the tourists who come in Malaysia to buy this food as the souvenir. Besides that, this traditional food is safe to eat because it does not contain any preservatives and additives like the other snack does. Nowadays, many people from young to old like to eat this type of food and because of its reasonable prices.