Serunding Daging

Yummy! Serunding daging is much like rendang but cook until dry. Not dry as in no gravy but dried until flaky. The meat is not cut cube as in cooking rendang. It is separated into tiny pieces.

Serunding can be considered as a fast food. It can be a dish for lunch or dinner typically for the Malays.

During the fasting month of Ramadhan AlMubarak, serunding is a favourite dish expecially for Sahur. This is because when eating sahur one's appetite differs from eating at normal meals. Not only had one restained from eating during day time, one also had to wake up from sleep in the wee hours of morning to eat sahur. Waking up for sahur, the body is still dizzy, the eyes is hard to adjust to light, and the throat is dry, and mostly the desire is to go back to sleep. The tasty serunding will open the appetite for a sufficient meal in preparation for the next day puasa.

For Hari Raya, serunding is taken with ketupat, or used as filllings for ketupat palas

In Kelantan, there are many families making serunding as their small business at their homes, especially at Kampung Laut, Tumpat. Here serunding is made in large "kawah"s batch wise. An eight kawah proces is manned by three ladies. The process is systematic to ensure productivity. Here you can buy them in kilo bags or in 250gm pre-packed packages.

Contact me if you wish to get some for your own consumption or business.