This is a dish the Malays have taken over from the Chinese and made their own, adding chilies and using less soy sauce than Chinese. It is a favorite afternoon snack. 8 oz (250 g) dried rice vermicelli 4 tablespoons oil 8 oz (250 g) small shrimp, peeled and deveined 7 oz (200 g) chicken [...]
This salad is similar to the Indonesian Vegetables with Roasted Coconut (Urap), but is less well known. It is very refreshing and goes well with the dark, highly spiced dishes of the north. It is also an important part of a favorite and satisfying take-out meal. To assemble something like this yourself, serve plain rice [...]
This is a Malay version of the sour fish soup/stew found all over mainland Southeast Asia, sometimes rather misleadingly called “Gulai Tumis”. Compare it with the Sumatran Sour Fish Stew, the Thai or Lao Sour Fish Curry or the southern Thai yellow Sour Fish Soup, the Vietnamese Sour Fish Soup and Cambodian Sour Chicken Soup. [...]
All the flavors of Southeast Asian, social as well as culinary, are concentrated in Malaysia and Singapore. The population of Malaysia is composed of about 60 percent Malay, 26 percent Chinese and 7 percent Indian. One wonderful outcome of this dynamic mix is a vivid food scene consisting of conventional Malay, Chinese and Indian cuisines [...]
Serves : 4 Ingredients : 500g red sweet potatoes (boiled and mashed) Fried in a little oil then ground 300g chicken meat 100g dried prawns 5 shallots (sliced) 5 cloves garlic (sliced) 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 15g chinese celery (shredded) 2 eggs (lightly beaten) 2 teaspoons coriander seeds (ground) plain flour, to coat oil [...]
Serves : 4 Ingredients : 20 chicken feets, claws cut off and chopped in half cooking oil for deep-frying 2 shallots, peeled and sliced 3 cloves garlic, peeld and minced 2 petals star anise 1 heaped teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns 6 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked to soften Seasoning : 1 teaspoon ground white pepper 1 tablespoon [...]
Ingredients 1 lb large prawns Oil for deep frying 3 tablespoons butter 6 bird’s eye chilies (chopped) 3 sprigs of curry leaves (use only the leaves) 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine (rice wine preferred) 6 tablespoons of grated coconut (dry [...]
