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Gulai Batang Pisang (young banana trunk curry)

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This is a special food in Kedah especially when it is wedding ceremony or breaking the fast. Really miss this curry. Ingredients 500 g young banana trunk (the deepest content) - cut it in the size of 5cm 1 kg meat(cut small) 500 ml coconut milk 10 pieces curry leaf 2 cinnamons sticks 2 star anise 10ml tamarind paste cooking oil salt, sugar MSG (additional) Ingredients A 2 packets curry powder meat a glass of water 2 tablespoon chili paste Ingredients B 4 red onion (grind) 6 garlic (fine it grind) 1 inch of ginger(grind) Method Heat oil in the pan. Add the grind ingredients (Ingredients B) with curry leaf, cinnamon sticks, star anise. Stir Ingredients A beside and then put it into the pan. Cook until become greasy. Insert coconut milk, meat and young banana junk. Let all of it boil up. Add tamarind paste, salt, sugar and MSG(optional). Wait for a minute. Then serve.

Budu and Cincalok

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Budu (Malay language) is a fish sauce and one of the best known fermented seafood products in Kelantan, Malaysia as well as Southern Thailand. History It is traditionally made by mixing anchovy and salt in the range of ratio of 2:1 to 6:1 and allow to ferment for 140 to 200 days. It is used as a flavoring and is normally taken with fish, rice and raw vegetables. It is similar to the patis in Philippines, ketjap-ikan in Indonesia, ngapi in Burma, nuoc mam in Vietnam, ishiru or shottsuru in Japan, colombo-cure in India and Pakistan, yeesu in China and aekjeot in Korea. The fish product is the result of hydrolysis of fish and microbial proteases. The flavor and aroma of Budu are produced by the action of proteolytic microorganisms surviving during the fermentation process. Palm sugar and tamarind are usually added to promote the browning reaction occur and resulting in dark brown color. The ratio of fish to salt plays an important key in the final desired product. The different concentrat...

Homestay Malaysia

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Introduction Homestay is a form of accommodation where the tourist can live with the chosen host family and has the opportunity to interact as well as experience the daily way of life of the family and culture directly. The Homestay Programme was introduced by the Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia in 1988 as an effort to diversify the tourism products through the provision of an alternative accommodation for tourists. This programme was officially launched in 1995 at several locations including Desa Murni, Kerdau, Temerloh, Pahang, by the Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture. This programme falls under the Rural Tourism Master Plan which was developed to encourage the participation of rural community in the tourism sector. Through this programme, tourists will have the opportunity to enj...

how to play gasing?

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1#the equipment:a gasing and *lepo.. 2#checking the balance 3#make sure ur *lepo is oiled 4#lilik gasing 5#get into pos 6#and throw 7#here come the hard hard...capturing..and put it on *lepo 8#lubricating *lepo.lessen then friction 9#whos the longest spinner? playing gasing is one of my fav altough i cant really play it....there is one rule u should know before taking pic of gasing player....it is wise not to take their pic without them wearing a samping or setangan...and playing this kind of gasing need more than two people to operate...cooperaton is the key of succes..in another word.team work..

Onde-onde (Ondeh-ondeh)

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Ingredients: 250 g Glutinous Rice Flour 200 ml Pandan Juice 150 g Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar), finely chopped 100 g Grated Coconut A Pinch Of Sea Salt Method: In a large bowl, combine the glutinous rice flour with Pandan juice and knead lightly. Pinch a small piece of the dough (about 40 g) and drop it into boiling water. When the dough rises up the surface, remove it with a slotted spoon and shake off the excess water. Mix it back into the main dough and knead well to form smooth dough. Cover the dough and set aside for about 15 minutes. Mix the grated coconut with a pinch of salt and steam for about 2 – 3 minutes and let it cool completely. Bring a pot of water to boil. Pinch a small piece of dough (about 15 g each) and flatten lightly. Fill the center of the dough with palm sugar. Roll them in your palm to form a smooth ball and cook the glutinous rice balls in the boiling water. When the rice balls float to the surface, remove them with a slotted spoon and shake off the excess ...

Sweet and sour fish

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Ingredients * 1 large fish such as lapu-lapu or tilapia * 1 large onion, sliced * 1 each of red and green bell pepper, julienned * 4 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons ginger, julienned 1 cup vinegar 1 tablespoon salt 3 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 cup water 1/2 teaspoon MSG or vetsin 1 cup cooking oil * 1 carrot, sliced (optional only) Instructions 1. Clean the fish and rub with salt and vetsin. 2. In a frying pan, heat the oil and fry the fish until golden brown. 3. Place the fish in a serving dish and set aside. 4. Remove the used oil from the pan and put in about 1 tablespoon of fresh oil. 5. Saute the garlic, ginger, and onion. 6. Add the bell peppers and saute until half-cooked. 7. Put this mixture on top of the fish in the serving dish. 8. Return the pan to the heat and put the vinegar, salt and sugar. 9. Bring to a boil a...

Plus-sized murtabak draws the crowd

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KOTA BARU: A stall selling its very own king-sized murtabak – aptly named the “Royal Murtabak” – has been the focus of many during the fasting month here. A long line of people is seen crowding the stall hours before the breaking of fast every day to buy the plus-sized delicacies. Hawker Nik Faizah Nik Ab Rahman, 53, has been making and selling the extra big murtabak since 1995. “I learned how to make murtabak from my mother who named it the Royal Murtabak,” she said. Her mother had named the delicacy – dough wrapped in meat – the Royal Murtabak in the 1970s after the then Sultan of Kelantan Al-Marhum Tuanku Yahya Petra suggested it to her when dining at her stall. Nik Faizah, who has three children, began learning the art of making the jumbo-sized murtabak at the age of 15. Later, she took over her mother’s stall along Jalan Merbau here and made it a speciality for those breaking fast. Sold at RM11 per piece, the response is so good, thanks to the double chunks of pastry and...