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Food Styling: Chow Chui Lin
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Contents
Satay Sauce
Toasted Grated Coconut (Kerisik)
Crispy Fried Shallots
Mixed Pickled Fruit Chutney (Acar Buah)
Tamarind Juice
Chicken Satay with Lontong
Malay Curry Puffs
Rice and Noodles
Nasi Lemak (Rice in Coconut Milk)
Turmeric Rice with Spicy Gravy and Herb Salad
Nasi Dagang (Trader’s Rice)
Rich Seasoned Rice with Raisins and Cashews
Turmeric Rice with Coconut (Pulut Kuning)
Malay-style Fried Rice
Kelantan-style Laksa with Sambal Belachan
Poultry
Grilled Chicken in Coconut Milk (Percik)
Chicken Kuzi (Spicy Chicken in Tomato Gravy)
Homestyle Malay Chicken Soup
Classic Chicken Curry (Kari Ayam)
Festive Chicken Kurma
Delicious Chicken Rendang
Meat
Roasted Turmeric Beef
Beef in Sweet Soy Sauce (Daging Masak Kicap)
Serunding Daging (Shredded Beef)
Daging Singgang (Hot and Sour Beef Soup)
Seafood
Fish with Tomato Sambal (Gulai Kuning)
Ikan Bakar (Grilled Fish)
Prawn Kerutuk
Freshwater Fish Soup (Ikan Sungai Singgang)
Classic Malay Fish Curry (Kari Ikan)
Fish in Soy Sauce (Ikan Masak Kicap)
Grilled Fish with Grated Coconut (Sambal Kelapa)
Crabs in Coconut Milk (Ketam Masak Lemak)
Vegetables
Curried Pineapple (Paceri Nanas)
Spinach in Coconut Milk (Bayam Masak Lemak)
Rojak (Mixed Fruit Salad)
Desserts
Sweet Coconut Rice Flour Cakes in Banana Leaves (Tepung Pasung)
Homemade Durian Sweets (Lempuk)
Rich Egg Custard with Palm Sugar (Serikaya)
Sugar-coated Golden Egg Strands (Jala Mas)
Sweet Mung Bean Porridge (Bubur Kacang Hijau)
Quick Coconut Cake (Akok)
Introduction
This collection of recipes provides the opportunity for young homemakers to appreciate and continue the tradition of Malay cooking. To Malaysians—it offers the experience of trying out various traditional Malay dishes. To cooks in the rest of the world—it gives a basic introduction
