Malaysian Cuisine

 

§ Author: Nilasha G Ravinderan (Shasa)｜Telexpress Johor Bahru Center｜TQA Dept. §

 

Malaysia is a multi racial country consisting of Malays, Chinese, Indians and numerous indigenous people. In Malaysia, Malays occupy 50.4 per cent, 23.7 per cent is hold of Chinese, next is indigenous, the percentage is 11 per cent, then other of racial in Malaysia is 7.8 per cent and the last racial is Indians, there are 7.1 per cent only. Chinese ethnic group is the second largest ethnic group in Malaysia. There are 6,960,000 populations in Malaysia. Chinese also have their dialects; the four main dialect groupings are Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew and Hakka. Therefore, discuss the historical development of one ethnic group in Malaysia and the impact on its current identity, political position and its perception of other ethnicities in Malaysia.

We are now going to discuss about the multiracial food that be made up of our country.

Moreover, there are hawker stalls on small streets, on big streets, hawker centers outside and inside of coffee shops whereby everyone able to try it.

 

 

▲Capathi – Typical Indian Roti (Bread)

 

 

Chapatis are one of the most common forms of wheat bread which is staple food in South Asia. Capathi are made of a soft dough comprising of Atta flour, salt and water. Atta is made from hard Gehun (Indian Wheat). In most parts of South Asia, there is a distinction made between a chapati and other related flat-breads eaten in the region like Roti (Bread), Paratha, Kulchaand Puri.

▲Bak Kuh The – Herbal Chinese Soup

 

Bak Kuh Teh is a meat dish cooked with Chinese herbal  in broth popularly served in Malaysia. ak kut teh is usually eaten with rice or noodles and sometimes with youtiao. Bak Kuh Teh consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours.

 

 

▲Ketupat – Malay Steamed Rice

 

Ketupat is a Malay traditional dish. Ketupat is cut open, its skin (woven palm leaf) being removed, the inner rice cake is cut in pieces, and served as staple food, as the replacement of plain steamed rice. It usually eaten with rendang, opor ayam, sayur labu (chayote soup), sambal gorengv or served as an accompaniment to satay (chicken or beef or lamb in skewers).

 

 

I enjoy the different foods in Malaysia such as dim sum, chapati, thosai and of course, nasi lemak,” said an overseas celebrity aka singer “Nicole Scherzinger”. Therefore, she decided to have another trip to Malaysia in future in one of her most latest interview session.