Malaysian rice porridge a 'trademark' Ramadan tradition As dusk fell, hundreds of Muslims at a mosque in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur feast on bowls of fragrant rice porridge known locally as ...

Nombu kanji or the fast porridge, is precious. Ghias, who opened his shop in 1986, has been having the nombu kanji during Ramzan, every year till date. “Some 20 years ago, the kanji was served ...

“So it has become a trademark. If it (Nombu Kanji) wasn’t there, it wouldn’t be complete.” Mosque volunteers use 140kg of rice daily to cook the porridge, which is served in bowls to ...

"So it has become a trademark. If it (Nombu Kanji) wasn't there, it wouldn't be complete." The porridge served in bowls to prayer attendees or packed into 1,000 large plastic packets to be ...