A Bèkang From Kölang

It isn't exactly a flood, but I've received some good recipes and some intriguing ones in answer to my call for the dishes of old Trengganu. Thank you, thank you everyone! Please look up your old notes, recipe books, and those old Trengganu Bus Company tickets where you scribbled as you spoke to Mök Chöh about those ingredients for that cake.

Meanwhile, here's a note from Ajidol, formerly of Kölang:

"Ambe nok kkècèk mengenai 'pape' sikit . Teganung kite memang besohor dgn 'pape2 tradisional nye. Tapi, pape yg selalu orang böwök ketike ggi nawak orang sakit ialah 'bèkang' . Ade dua jenis bèkang ... 'bèkang kuwöh lemak' dan 'bèkang kuwöh manis' . Bahan2 ramuan asas utk buat bèkang tu mudöh didapati di kedai2 runcit biase. Di UK nung pun ade belambök! Iaitu, telör,tepong gandum/beras, gule mèröh/nnisang. Tu jer ! Care2 nök buwat bèkang tu .... ai, kite dök tau pulök ..ning dèmè kkene tanye blogger2 ppuang kite laa .

Ning kite ada selit gambö 'bèkang kuwöh manis' . Mitök maaf laa kerana kelihatan 'beluah' dgn kuwöh tu ."

"I want to talk a bit about our cakes. Trengganu is indeed famous for its traditional cakes. But the one that people often take with them when visiting the sick is 'bèkang'. There are two types of 'bèkang'...'bèkang kuwöh lemak' (bèkang with the creamy sauce) and 'bèkang kuwöh manis' (bèkang with the sweet-sauce). The basic ingredients for this 'bèkang' are easily obtainable from your ordinary grocer's shop. They are plentiful even in the UK! They are eggs, wheat/rice flour, brown/coconut sugar. That's all! As to how bèkang' is prepared...well, I don't know. For this you'll have to ask our lady bloggers.

I attach herewith a photo of bèkang with the sweet sauce ('bèkang kuwöh manis'). I'm sorry it looks a mess sitting in the sauce."

Thank you Ajidol.