This cake is not too difficult to make because it only uses ingredients such as coconut, brown sugar, white sugar, banana leaves and is steamed for 15 minutes. It also tastes sweet like dodol.

The way to make this kuih is considered to be crunchy so it is difficult to make it and there are still many Banjar people who are not good at making this kuih.

To prepare this dish, the chicken is marinated with salt, ginger and lemongrass which sliced into smaller pieces. The chicken and rice then mixed together before being stuffed into a bamboo until it is about three quarter full. The top of the bamboo is then stuffed with tapioca leaves. The bamboo is then left to cook under open fire.

Once it is cooked, the bamboo for 'asam siok' is peeled off to reveal stuff rice and chicken.

It is rice steamed in pitcher plant. To prepare 'tilamuak', the glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk and then steamed for an hour until it is fully cooked. Some prefer to add meat such as minced pork or chicken to their 'tilamuak'. Others may prefer to add peanuts instead.

Commonly, 'tilamuak' is served during special occasion such as Gawai, weddings or even during huge family gatherings.

How to make it you only need to grind lemongrass, red onion, garlic, chili, belacan, and a little salt until it is smooth but still looks a little rough. The anchovies need to be ground separately because the anchovies need to be fried until crisp before adding the other ingredients.

The aroma resulting from this samal sorai makes you drool and it is enjoyable to eat it with white rice and even used as a taste enhancer.

This dishes are complemented by meas such as fried chicken, curry spleen, beef, fish roe, shrimp or fried squid. The vegetable dish is usually like eggplant, okra or sweet potato. A mixture of curry sauce is poured over the rice. This is called as "banjir" and imparts of variety of flavor to the rice.

Tosai can be eaten with variety of side dishes such as sambal, Indian pickles, chicken or mutton curry. Inside the tosai also filled with potatoes and onions that have been fried until crispy.