Dishing out a rare delicacy

Mouth-watering: Zainab squeezing the asam gelugur leaves to extract its flavour that will be infused with the freshly prepared fish for the dish. — Bernama

KUALA LIPIS: Housewife Zainab Idris is willing to slave over the stove, painstakingly layering the fish and herbs into a pot for a rare traditional dish that will take up to eight hours to cook.

At her home at Kampung Melayu Jerkoh here recently, she demonstrated to Bernama the steps of making gulai kering daun asam gelugur.