MALAYSIAN FAVORITE BREAKFAST

Malaysia is a multiracial country with peoples of different races living together. This not only provides the chance of living in harmony and integrated but also sharing the customs and living styles among the people. When talking about the customs it is not only into the traditional rituals or dressing but also the mouth watering foods.

When talking about the foods there are few delicacies that stand out to be Malaysian’s favourite for breakfast. Among them are Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, Chee cheong Fun, Thosai and so on.

To begin, roti canai  is a type of Indian -influenced flatbread made from flour plain flour, water and sometime with condensed milk and  entire mixture is kneaded thoroughly, flattened, oiled and folded repeatedly. It is then allowed to proof and rise, and the process is repeated. The final round of preparation consists of flattening the dough ball, coating it with oil and then cooking on a flat iron wok with a lot of oil. The ideal roti is flat, fluffy on the inside but crispy and flaky on the outside.

Roti Canai with chicken gravy and sambal as additional taste maker

Nasi lemak is a Malay dish fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in Malaysia, here it is considered the national dish.Traditionally, nasi lemak is served with various side dishes, including fresh cucumber slices, small fried anchiovies (ikan bilis), roasted peanuts, hardboiled egg, and hot spicy sauce. As a more substantial meal, nasi lemak may also be served with an additional protein dish such as fried chicken, cuttlefish sambal. Traditionally most of these side dishes are spicy in nature.

Nasi Lemak with additioanl fried chicken for extra mouth watering

Chee cheong Fun is a Chinese delicacies famous for breakfast made from rice flour and water,poured into flat pan and steamed to produce square rice sheets..The rice sheets rolled and stuffed with tofu with fish paste together with soya bean sauce,chili paste or curry gravy. Chee cheong Fun can be cooked in HALAL when to be served for our Muslim friends and this can be get in the few shops.

Halal Chee Cheong Fun

Thosai, a common breakfast dish rich in carbohydrates, and contains no sugar or saturated fats. A mixture of rice and ulundu that has been soaked in water is ground finely to form a batter. After an overnight fermentation, batter is mixed with water to get the desired thickness. The batter is then poured onto a flat wok and spread out evenly to form a pancake alike. A thosai is served hot, either folded in half or rolled. It is also served usually with dhal curry, chicken gravy or fish curry and not forgotten the chutney (spicy blended coconut paste).

Thosai with varities of chutney and chicken gravy

References :

https://www.google.com.my/imghp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_cuisine

C.Meegandran

VR.Arvin Prasath

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