GEORGE TOWN: With steady hands, octogenarian Cham Ah Moi carefully presses dough into a wooden mould of animal and plant motifs as she makes the kuih bangkit.
Her grandaughter Cheah Qiao Hua, 18, waits with a natural red dye to dot the “eyes” of the animals, which take on the shapes of tortoises, fish and roosters. She makes sure there are no smears.
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