Shamsiah Ibrahim with her ‘ketupat palas’ at her home in Tanjung Chat in Kota Baru, Kelantan, June 14, 2020. — Bernama pic
A check by Bernama at Tanjung Chat here today found that a single mother of seven took the opportunity to start a frozen “During the visit, Shamsiah Ibrahim, 64, along with her daughter Noorhayati Ahmad, 38 and a neighbour, Nik Hasnah Nik Mat, 64, were putting cooked glutinous rice into the pouches. “The task of weaving and filling up the pouch starts at 8am and can last through the night,” she said, adding that they were able to prepare about 10kg of glutinous rice which could produce 1,400such as salty, sweet, unseasoned, with peanut, withis boxed into a pack of 20 and is priced at RM16 to RM24 per pack,” she said.were shipped to Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Pahang and had even entered the London market during the fasting month last year.
According to Shamsiah, each week six large boxes were delivered to Johor and Kuala Lumpur and two boxes each to Pahang and Selangor. Each box contains 45 packets.