Weaving a Raya success


Going places: Workers busy making the ketupat palas at Kampung Bukit Gading in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, to meet the Raya orders even beyond the state. — Bernama

TANAH MERAH: A charitable woman here started a frozen ketupat palas business to provide jobs to the poor but it has turned out to be very popular and lucrative.

Zarina Mohd Nawawi is now racing against time to meet orders for the frozen glutinous rice cakes wrapped in triangular shape using fan palm leaves.

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