Saturday, 29 March 2014

Malaysian Indian Foods

Mamak culture is very common among Malaysians. Mamak which are Indian Muslims, have lots of restaurants in Malaysia. They are very well-known as they are open for 24 hours a day.What symbolise the 'mamak' restaurants is that they serve Indian foods to its customers.Although it is Indian foods, you will not find several of foods even in India like 'mee goreng mamak'. Malaysia Indian foods and the foods in India have slightly different. So, if you visit Malaysia don't forget to try delicious Indian foods in the 'mamak' restaurants.
 The common foods that been serve by 'mamak' restaurants:


Paper Tosai

Pictures credits to :
(http://www.backpackingmalaysia.com/food-drinks/paper-tosai)

Mamak Fried Noodles
'Mee Goreng Mamak'
Pictures credits to :
(http://www.benashaari.com/2013/06/mee-goreng-kambing-mamak.html)

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Melaka Asam Pedas




Asam Pedas is one of signature dish for Malacca. Its look same as Asam Pedas Johor but the irony is Asam Pedas Melaka have slightly different taste with Asam Pedas Johor. The reason of this different taste is the ingredients. 

Recipe of Asam Pedas Melaka originally from 

About Rendang Daging Domba


Rendang is a spicy meat dish which originated from the Minangkabau ethnic group of Indonesia and is now commonly served across the country. One of the characteristic foods of Minangkabau culture, it is served at ceremonial occasions and to honour guests. Rendang is also commonly served among the  Malay community in  Malaysia, and is also popular in  Singapore, Brunei,  Phillipines and Thailand. Rendang is traditionally prepared by the  Indonesian and Malaysian community during festive occasions such as traditional ceremonies, wedding feasts, and Hari Raya . Sometimes it can become a non-spicy foods depending on certain people.Some people do not like it to be so spicy. For Indonesian, they called it as 'Rendang Daging Domba' .It can be meat or mutton.But, for me meat is the best! 

Cencaluk









Malacca cuisine is very popular among the tourist that comes to Malacca.
Basically, cencaluk or cincalok is fermented small shrimps which is udang geragau or squid that are added with equal amount of salt and rice that are mixed well and sealed in a glass bottle for fermentation process.

How to eat it? 
Just eat it with a rice as a side dishes but before that, cencaluk should be mixed up well with a chilies and red onion that already cut into thin slice or dice. Then , put some of lime juice into that mixing to make it more tastier and less salty.



Kimbap


I'm sure everybody keeps wondering what is this picture tells about. This is korean traditional foods and known as 'kimbap'. It can also been called as 'gimbap'.It is one of korean popular traditional dish.It is made up from steamed white rice and other ingredients such as fried egg, cucumber, squid,tuna and etc.Actually the other ingredients are depend on your taste and favourite.Then, all ingredients are rolled along with the steamed white rice, other ingredients and dried laver seaweed. Then, it is ready to be served usually during outdoor activitiy such as family picnic.There are 295 calories in a 1 Roll serving of Kimbap.Calorie breakdown: 22% fat, 64% carbs, 14% protein.