Malaysian cuisine Flashcards
What are the malay indian food?
Banana Leaf Rice
Roti Canai
Murtabak
What are the regions of malaysia?
Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian Borneo (sarawak and sabah)
What does Melayu mean?
Lamd of Mountains
Conquered by the portuguese dutch and english
Malaysia
What is the capital of malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur
What are the characteristices of malaysian cuisine
> Has many similarities with Indonesian and Filipinos cuisines
Influenced by the Chinese, Indian, Thai and many other cultures
Food is served all at once (most malays eat by hand)
Most dishes are seasoned with REMPAH, BELACAN, SAMBAL, SOYSAUCE and OYSTER SAUCE
Is a spicy mix
Rempah
Chili paste or mix
Sambal
Who developed nyonya?
Nyonya
Peranakan
Spicy meat stew, either lamb or beef
Rendang
Shrimp paste
Belacan
From the ethnic indians in malaysia. Food traces its root from india like coconut curries and flatbreads
Malaysian Indian
Cuisine of indian muslims. Known for their buffet style of food known as “NASI KANDAR” , rice served with curries, pappadums and pickled vegetables.
Mamak
Traditional cuisine of natives
Sarawak Indigenous Cuisine
Cuisine developed by nyonya (straits chinese) and peranakn (mixed chinese/malay). Considered as a bkend of chinese malay cooking with some thai influence
Nyonya
Fosh in spicy and sour broth
Ikan Asam Pedas
“Coconut rice” . The national dish of malaysia. Served with peanuts, dried anchovies, cucumber , egg and sambal
Nasi Lemak
Barbecued pork
Bakkwa
Steamed kangkomg with chillies and shrimp paste
Kankung Belacan
White rice served in banana leaf with assortment of filling ( vegetables,curry meat or fish, pappadum)
Banana Leaf Rice
Malaysian spicy fruit salad with rhick dark prawn paste
Rojak
Durian extract which is preserved and kept in an urn
Tempoyak