Every Ramadan Khadijah Muda cooks bubur lambuk daily which she then distributes to Muslims in her community.
She believes that cooking and distributing the nourishing meal is a powerful way to spread kindness to others during the Muslim holy month.
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She believes that cooking and distributing the nourishing meal is a powerful way to spread kindness to others during the Muslim holy month.
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00:00 Every Ramadan, Khadija Mudah's home in Section 3 Petaling Jaya is a hive of activity.
00:14 From slicing onions and carrots to cooking her special signature dish in gigantic pots,
00:20 every afternoon is like a scene from the Malay Kunduri with lots of people completing their
00:24 specified tasks.
00:26 For the past 35 years, Khadija has cooked Bubur Lambok daily throughout the fasting month.
00:32 She then distributes the savoury rice porridge to Muslims in her community.
00:37 I started to cook porridge when I was in the mosque.
00:46 I started cooking porridge in the year 1990.
00:49 I started cooking porridge in the mosque when I was 15 years old.
00:55 After I changed my job, I started to cook porridge.
01:00 After I was unemployed for two years, I started to cook porridge.
01:07 I started to get donations for the activity of Bubur Lambok.
01:12 People in the village know about it now.
01:15 They don't need to ask for donations.
01:19 They can come and collect the donations themselves.
01:22 Khadija says she believes that cooking and distributing the nourishing meal is a powerful
01:27 way to spread kindness to others during the Muslim holy month.
01:32 Born and raised in Dungun Terengganu, her Bubur Lambok was initially cooked with fish.
01:37 I started cooking porridge in the mosque.
01:42 The mosque is in Tengganu, so I cooked it in Tengganu style.
01:45 The dish is fish, we don't use meat.
01:49 But because we are here, maybe people don't like fish, they prefer meat.
01:55 I cook meat, but we only use vegetables.
01:59 People don't like that.
02:02 So I changed the style to what we are doing now.
02:07 In the past, when we left the porridge, it would be burnt.
02:17 So how do we avoid that?
02:23 We don't stir it first, we put the rice, water and then stir-fry it.
02:29 We wait for it to boil for about an hour and a half.
02:33 Then we can see that it has boiled, then we can start stirring it.
02:37 Once it's stirred, we can't stop.
02:39 If we stop, it will be burnt.
02:42 So that's the technique we've been using for 30 years.
02:47 Throughout Ramadan, the community surrounding Section 3 generously donates essentials such
02:52 as rice, beef, spices and vegetables to Khadijah to support her in the preparation of Bubur Lambor.
02:59 During the fasting month, she gives out up to 450 packets a day.
03:04 Apart from the packs she prepares for the community, Khadijah also takes orders from hospitals
03:09 and schools in the neighbourhood who pay her to cook her delicious bubur.
03:14 She also takes orders from the nature, from the place where she used to eat,
03:20 and she looks for places where we can cook.
03:23 She comes here once in a while, not every day.
03:26 She comes from Ampang, and many other places that are far away,
03:31 apart from the locals.
03:34 But during the working days, many people work around here,
03:40 not just sitting here.
03:42 So when she comes back from work, she comes and takes the orders.
03:46 But during the holidays, people just come and sit here.
03:49 The preparation for Bubur Lambor starts around mid-morning each day,
03:53 and it takes about three hours to cook the porridge.
03:56 Khadijah says she's glad her daughters and nieces are also involved in the process.
04:01 Apart from the source of income, people know that people come and take the orders.
04:07 If we don't do it, people will come and say, "What's this? We can't do it."
04:12 So we don't want to see that.
04:14 If people can come, they can enjoy it, because it's there every year.
04:20 I just feel that if we want to stop, we have to remember how to stop,
04:24 because I'm afraid that we won't be able to do it.
04:27 But when the kids say, "Okay, she can cover this and that," we'll do it.
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