Grandma uses traditional tool to make Raya cookies

(From left) Hasmah, her daughter Normy Osman (on the foot-powered mortar) and daughter-in-law Mardiana Mahader busy making kuih putu kacang at their home in Kampung Permatang Keling in Nibong Tebal.

CONVENTIONAL methods of making popular Malay kuih are slowly dying off.

However, sexagenarian Hasmah Yusof from Penang has been using traditional lesung kaki (foot-powered mortar and pestle) for over three decades to make kuih bakar kacang, putu kacang and putu beras.