Popiah - stock photo

Popiah is originally a Chinese snack, which is also very popular among the Malay community in Malaysia. This steamed springroll is eaten in accompaniment with a sweet sauce (and optionally with hot chilli sauce before it is filled. The filling is mainly finely grated and steamed or stir-fried turnip, which has been cooked with a combination of other ingredients such as bean sprouts, French beans, and lettuce leaves,along with grated carrots, slices of Chinese sausage, thinly sliced fried tofu, chopped peanuts or peanut powder, fried shallots, and shredded omelette. Here they are for sale at the local Ramadan bazaar, which is only opened for business during the Holy month of Ramadan. Photo taken at a Ramadan Bazaar at Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia