Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Interesting Facts About Malaysia (Foods)

Nasi Kandar Is The Most Favorite Food In Malaysia





Nasi Kandar is a popular Malaysian dish and has been voted as the most favorite dish among Malaysian, which originates from Penang. It is a meal of steamed rise which can be plain or mildly flavored, and served with a variety of curries and side dishes for example fried chicken, curry fish, squid and many more. Traditionally, Nasi Kandar is always served with its side dishes on a single plate. Nowadays, small bowls are used for the side dishes. Yet, the curry sauce mix is always poured directly onto the rice.

By time goes by, several series restaurants have appeared such as Nasi Kandar Line Clear, Nasi Kandar Nasmir, Pelita Nasi Kandar, and Kayu Nasi Kandar because of high demand of this dish. Traditionalists have doubtful its taste compared to the original Penang versions. In Perlis and Perak, the rice is colored yellow with some herbs and spice and also the dish is mentioned as "Nasi Ganja”.



Nasi Kandar also known as Nasi Ganja in several places
                                                  



Tasty!
                                              





Nowadays, Nasi Kandar vendor was famous for wearing their dirty sarong and shirt, served Nasi Kandar with cheap tools and broken chairs or stools. But today, the appearance and reputation has completely overturned and have now made way for uniformed waiters, remarkable clean restaurant, well organize and in fact they still serve Malaysian tasty food. But, what I believe is Nasi Kandar not only a part of Malaysia’s dishes but it’s more than that. Something like makes Malaysian mixed from generation to generation.  





Variety of side dishes
                                        



People line while waiting for Nasi Kandar
                                          




Nasi Lemak The National Dish of Malaysia














Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish. Traditionally, nasi lemak served with anchovies, peanuts, boiled egg, cucumber, and traditional chili paste. As a more considerable meal, nasi lemak may also be served with an added side dish such as fried chicken, cuttlefish in chili, small fried fish, cockles, and on special cases beef stewed in coconut milk and spices.

Nasi lemak is widely eaten in Malaysia, usually consumed as breakfast and this unique dish often comes wrapped in banana leaves, newspaper, or it in some shops served on a plate. It's cooked in coconut milk, with pandan leaves and even ginger or a stalk of lemon grass. Nasi Lemak is available on almost every street corner and in almost every local-themed restaurant.

Nasi lemak also is served in neighboring countries like Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia however nowhere is it more extremely imbedded in the food culture than Malaysia. “Nasi” in Malay means rice, and “lemak” is explained in the cooking context to mean enriched because of it is enriched with coconut milk. However, the word “lemak” means fat in Malay. But then to straight away translate the word nasi lemak as “fat rice” would be exactly linguistically wrong.




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