Nasi Briyani Kambing served in Dulang~!

Posted by azuan on Feb 28, 2010 in :: All Posts ::, bla bla bla, Featured Articles, FOOD | 4 comments

This weekend was ‘balik kampong’ weekend as it was a long break due to Maulidur Rasul public holiday. It’s nice to take a get away from work although I did end up completing a couple of tasks on my office laptop over the 3-days break.

JB was as always fun; A combination of family, friends, food. You can’t go wrong with that 3F recipe. I was not in photography mood but did take out my camera to capture this special meal.

Introducing Nasi Briyani Kambing Johor Style (My mother-in-law’s delicious secret recipe) served in Dulang.

No we did not run out of plates! It’s just a nice simple tradition of togetherness.

Traditionally, dulang or a big serving tray is used at a kenduri or feast. Kenduri is a form of serving food to anyone and usually accompanied with doa selamat, thanking the Almighty for his abundance on occasions such as the fulfillment of the of a newborn, birthdays, weddings & remembering the deceased.

In our case, there was no specific reason, just a more fun way to have a makan-makan amongst family members.

The briyani rice ready to be served.

The delicious Nasi Briyani scooped into the Dulang.

The main dish, lamb briyani! Good stuff.

Simple but delicious! All set.

Around 3-5 pax per dulang/tray seated in a small circle.

Seating on the floor, this is a good way to socialize and catch-up over a great meal.

My strategy is always, eat first, talk later. After all, if you get distracted, your neighbors will start ‘stealing’ the rice from your ‘unchartered area’.

The good thing is even if you don’t eat that much, you always feel full. Maybe it’s the psychological factor seeing a lot of rice in your tray.

Come to think of it, I had always enjoyed eating in dulang. I am already thinking that once I have my own house, if I ever do a kenduri it has to be in dulang! That would be fun to keep this tradition alive…and of course save on having to wash so many plates