Hari Raya Adilfitri: Ketupat Amigurumi (CrocheThea)
As-salāmu 'alaikum . Peace be unto you. Wishing our Muslim Singaporeans, friends, colleagues and neighbours a Selamat Hari Raya; Eid Mubarak to all Muslims around the world. Today is Eid al-Fitr , which is also known as Hari Raya Adilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa in Singapore and Malaysia, and Lebaran in Indonesia. It is the most well known of the 2 major Islamic holidays officially observed here. For the day, I made amigurumi ketupat , in view of its religious significance in the Hari Raya celebrations. These were made using this amigurumi ketupat pattern by CrocheThea . Amigurumi ketupat The ketupat is a humble dish that consists of cooked white rice or glutinous rice wrapped in woven palm leaves or coconut leaves . Washed rice is packed into a rhombus-shaped pouch made of woven palm or coconut leaves, and the pouches are then simmered in water. As the rice cooks, the grains expand and become compressed in the woven pouch, resulting in a dense rice cake. A traditional food of t...
