Festive dumplings with a twist or two

Collective labour of love: Hwee Gim (left) and Sally (right) with the latter’s sons John Loo (second left) and Loo Kok Kieat as well as grandson Dennis Loo helping to make rice dumplings at their home in Bukit Mertajam. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: For the Goh sisters, making bak chang (Chinese rice dumplings) is an annual affair, and their friends and relatives will vouch for this tasty treat every Dragon Boat Festival.

Hwee Gim, 60, and Sally, 64, learnt to make the dumplings from their mother when they were teenagers.