Discover the homemade food of Malaysia
Here are some of the best home-cooked dishes that you don't typically find in restaurants. View our hosts below with whom you can share these authentic Malaysian foods.
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Assam udang
Translating to "tamarind prawns", this Peranakan dish is a rich, sour and spicy red gravy with a hint of sweetness swimming with shrimp and best eaten with steaming hot rice
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Assam laksa
This sour and spicy tamarind-based soup made with rice noodles, mackerel, fresh herbs and ginger flower bud, is famous in Penang and a signature dish of Peranakan cuisine, a combination of Chinese and Malay cuisine
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Nasi lemak
This favorite Malaysian breakfast consists of rice cooked in coconut milk and fragrant pandan leaves, wrapped in pyramidal banana leaves and served with boiled egg, anchovies, cucumber, peanuts and sambal belacan
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Kerabu kacang botol
A Peranakan speciality, four-angled beans are tossed with sambal belachan (a blend of chilies, shrimp paste, lime juice, sugar and salt) and sliced ginger flower bud, shallots, lemongrass and toasted grated coconut
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Taste Assam udang, Assam laksa, Nasi lemak, Kerabu kacang botol and other authentic Malaysian dishes with our hosts.
