Sunday, 15 November 2015

MALAYSIAN FOOD

Hi & Assalamualaikum

MALAYSIAN FOOD! I will tell you about the food. Yes the food! yummy! As we know Malaysia is known for its diversity. Of course, each race has its own traditional food.


First of all, i will tell you about :

Malay cuisine

1) Nasi Lemak

Nasi lemak is a favorite food for the people of Malaysia and Singapore, especially as breakfast, but now malaysian eat nasi lemak for lunch and dinner too. hehehe.  Nasi lemak refers to rice cooked with coconut milk. Sometimes pandan leaves added to rice during cooking for added flavor. Ethnic Malay meal of steamed rice with egg, cucumber, fried anchovies and sambal. But now presented with a variety of dishes such as nasi lemak, chicken, beef, etc. We also have 'nasi lemak kukus' and 'nasi lemak goreng'.



Nasi Lemak Goreng



2) Rendang

Rendang is Minangkabau traditional cuisine. The cuisine is prepared with coconut milk, pepper, onion, turmeric, kaffir lime leaves and coconut paste. Rendang is best served as a side dish, where it is eaten with rice, glutinous or sticky rice saffron yellow, ketupat, bread or pulled apart to eat it. Most parts of the beef used to make rendang is a rump steaks. Taste the meat is tender and delicious. Rendang very popular and served as the festival days such as Eid and Eid al-Adha or feast served on feast-like finish recitals, weddings, and so on. This dish is very popular in all circles of society, both in West Sumatra, Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, especially in Negeri Sembilan. In Perak the most famous rendang is Rendang Tok. 





Malaysian Chinese cuisine


1) Moon cake 

Moon Cake is a cake that is often eaten during the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. According to the Chinese saga Mooncake by a story that took place in China during the reign of the Mongols (Yuan Dynasty) were quite strict and cruel. Laws that are absurd and bizarre apply. To the Chinese people so that no one can undermine their authority. Because of this, the Chinese people with the encouragement Tribe Ming, agreed to rebel. One night, when the moon is waxing, they bake a round cake together. In middle of the placed orders that explains how to revolt. This effort was successful and the Government of Mongolia deposed. Until now, this event celebrated every year by the Chinese Society. Moon cake made from a blend of sweet and has a core of lotus seed or red bean or with salted egg yolk in the middle of the cake. There is also a tradition that states Moon cakes are made as offerings to the Kitchen God. Kitchen God who eat Moon cakes can not deliver the bad reports to the Emperor of Heaven because his mouth was locked by Moon Cake sweet.


2) Chicken Rice

Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of Chinese origin most commonly associated with Hainanese Cuisine, Malaysian Cuisine and Singapore Cuisine. It is based on the well-known Hainanese dish called Wenchang chicken. If you find the chicken rice served in Hainan, China is different from what you can find in Southeast Asia. The chicken is prepared by traditional Hainanese methods, which involve steeping the entire chicken at sub-boiling temperatures in a chicken bone stock. This stock is not used for rice preparation,  which instead involves chicken stock created specifically for that purpose, producing an oily, flavourful rice sometimes known as "oily rice" with Southeast Asian pandan leaves added sometimes. Some cooks may add coconut milk to the rice.




Malaysian Indian cuisine


1) Tosai


Tosai has many other names. Tosai also known as dosa, dosay, dose, dosai, dhosha, thosai or chakuli. Tosai also has various of types such as egg tosai, tosai chili, onions. Traditional food is often consumed by Malaysians, especially the india. Tosai can be found in any store or 'Kedai Mamak' and also in Indian restaurants. The traditional food comes from India. Tosai eaten as a breakfast or lunch and dinner. Tosai very rich in carbohydrates and protein. Tosai eaten with a variety of side dishes. For example, sambal, sauce of fruits, pickles india, curry chicken or mutton and others. In thosai, it is filled with potato and onion in fry until crisp.



2) Roti Canai

Roti canai a favorite food of the malaysian. The name comes from the Roti Canai Chennai in India. Food is also known as roti prata. Roti Canai is a traditional food of Indians in Malaysia. Roti Canai is usually sold in Mamak restaurant. The food is very popular not only Indians but the people of Malaysia. Currently Roti Canai managed to put together their status nasi lemak, attracting a large number of people. Roti Canai is a type of thin bread made of flour. Now, roti canai held innovation in the bakery ingredients so there are different kinds of bread rolled. Among them are the Roti Canai, roti canai telur, roti tissue, roti sardin, roti bawang, roti canai pisang dan roti bom. Roti Canai usually served with chili sauce, sambal ikan bilis, fish curry or chicken curry.





Sabahan food


1) Amplang


Amplang or also known as keropuk kuku macan is a traditional savoury fish cracker snack commonly found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Amplang crackers are commonly made of ikan tenggiri  or any type of spanish mackerel, mixed with starch and other materials, and then fried. The shape and size of amplang might vary, from traditional elongated "tiger nail" shape (hence also known in its other name kuku macan), dice-shaped to pingpong ball size and shape, and the color is ranged from yellow to light brown.




Sarawakian food



1) Manok Pansuh

One of the best known Iban dishes is manok pansuh (ayam pansuh), which features chicken and lemongrass cooked in a bamboo log over an open fire. This natural way of cooking seals in the flavours and produces chicken with a gravy perfumed with lemongrass and bamboo. These dishes are not commonly found in urban eateries and restaurants due to the practicality of roasting a bamboo tube over an open fire within a typical commercial kitchen.




Prepared by,
NURUL ASYIQIN BINTI CHEK SAAT
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