Each year, the Orang Asli Temuan in Kampung Pulau Kempas, Kuala Langat, celebrate the year’s abundance during Haik Muyang, a celebration marked by traditional indigenous foods and ancestral rituals.

The Temuan way to cook this fish is over the embers of an outdoor stove. We highly encourage you to go for it if you have a grill.

Periuk speaks with Syarifah Nadhirah, author and illustrator of ‘Recalling Forgotten Tastes’, about her work process and navigating the landscape of indigenous representation.