Malay Food Edited

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Malay Food

Nasi Dagang

The dish is made by cooking rice and glutinous rice together, to which coconut cream is

added once it is cooked. Nasi Dagang is eaten with its own specially made side dishes of tuna

fish curry and a light vegetable pickle.

Keropok Lekor / Keping

A popular and the most visible fried snack in Terengganu, the keropok is made of fish meat,

ground to a paste, and mixed with sago. Coming in two main different forms, the long chewy

ones are called 'lekor', while the thin, crispy ones are called 'keping'. Keropok is best eaten hot

with its special chili dip.

Laksam

A delightful yet simple dish, the laksam is akin to the western pasta dish. Like the latter, it has

both the flour dough and the gravy that goes with it. However, unlike the pasta, laksam is

made using both wheat and rice flours, and the dough is steamed instead of boiled. Laksam's

gravy is made of fish meat, which is boiled, pureed, and later mixed with coconut milk.


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Chinese Food

Round "Moon Cakes" are a traditional food eaten during the festival as a reminder of

family unity. People also enjoy pomelos on this day. "yu" is the chinese word for pomelo,

sounds the same as another chinese word to beseech the moon god for protection.

This year on store shelves, consumers can also find Moon Cakes made of fruit, ice cream,

yogurt, pork, mushrooms, green tea, flowers, jelly and even xo brandy. Moon Cakes are

also being prepared in new ways, as illustrated by the fruit cup, steamed and frozen

varieties. In addition, there are also tiny Moon Cakes shaped like chinese chess pieces

and the domino-like mahjong tiles.

Across the victoria street is a hawker centre and beside it is a small coffee shop where the

Hokkien Mee is sold. There be one or two Hokkien Mee stalls there. Tasty enough, but

they do not have extra garnishings like prawns.


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Dim Sum directly translated, means "a little bit of heart". those little dough dumplings,

filled with vegetables, all kinds of meat, shrimps, and other small dishes, salty or sweet,

are being served. The dishes are served in bamboo vaporization bowls, which are placed

over a steam trolley. Every several minutes the kitchen makes different dishes, and the

diners choose their favorite course. The making of Dim Sum requires both skill and

expertise, and it is taught in special schools. Dim Sum are made in the traditional customs

by experienced chefs. Dim Sum are easily found at chinese restaurants and hotels as

breakfast or lunch.

Indian Food

Roti canai is a type of flatbread found in Malaysia, often sold in Mamak stalls.

It is known as roti prata in Southern Malaysia and Singapore, and is similar to

the Indian Kerala porotta.

Chapati is an unleavened flatbread from the Indian subcontinet. Versions of it are found

in Turkmenistan, in East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.


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Murukku is a savoury snack popular in India and Sri Lanka.

It is also widely known in places such as Fiji and even Malaysia, where there is a

considerable number of Tamil descendants.

Iban Food

Preserved Ensabi

This vegetable is just like the green bayam we see in the market, but the ensabi is

somewhat has bitter and sweet (to me) taste. To my knowledge so far, there are three

ways of preparing it for consumption. First, just cook it like you cook a bayam, with

anchovies, garlic, MSG and salt. Second, the ensabi salad, just mixed the ensabi with

some anchovies, add MSG and salt and you are done. Last method, preserved with salt

and a little bit of rice to make it sour. This one is more like the preserved vege from

China..

Pansoh Manuk


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"Pansoh Manuk" ( bamboo chicken) is a very popular dishes in Sarawak.The Pansoh

Manuk or village chicken cooked with rice wine ( if desire ) in bamboo is a delectable

iban delicacy. this technique is also used to cook freshwater fish. The bamboo imparts a

distinctive, delicate flavour to the food.

Kadazan Food

Bambangan

Another dishes from Sabah which has very unique flavour is "Bambangan". The iban

people in Sarawak called it - " mawang".

Bambangan is a type of wild mango with brown skin and a somewhat pungent smell.

This is not eaten fresh as a fruit but made into a pickle or cooked with fish for a

distinctive flavour. Nevertheless, some iban people like to eat it as fruit.

Bambangan is one of the kadazan dusun people's choices for a sour tang to their food.

sometimes, the mango is fried with onion and chilli and served as a side-dish or sambal.

The Bambangan also can mixed with grated seeds to make the flavour more delicious!

Hinava Tongii

"Hinava Tongii" or pickled spanish mackerel ( ikan tenggiri) is a very popular Sabahan's

food.It is an absolutely delicious combination of spanking fresh fish (ikan tenggiri), red

chillies, shredded ginger and sliced shallots, the whole lot drenched with lime juice which


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"cook" the fish. The lime juice is the curing agent so that the dish can be stored for a few

days.

Melanau Food

Ambuyat

Another unique flavour from Sabah is Ambuyat. It's very famous among bisaya people of

klias peninsular.

Ambuyat, is a gluey "porridge" with sago starch. It's using a pair of chopsticks cut from

the rib of the sago palm to twirl it up into a sticky mass for dunking in a tasty sauce.

It stands out from the other mainstays of Melanau cuisine linut the sago starch which

was once a staple food, pipuih smoked fish wrapped in young fronds of the nipah palm

and seeut larvae of a beetle that feed on the rooting pith of the sago palms.

Umai was originally a food of convenience for Melanau fishermen on fishing trips to the

sea. Traditionally, umai is thinly sliced raw fish marinated with assam paya, a very sour

fruit of a wild palm, onions, chillies, and a pinch of salt a very simple recipe that could

be prepared with the minimum of fuss.

It was an ideal recipe for the fishermen as it would have been inconvenient and


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dangerous to cook anything in their small boats. The fishermen also did not have to cook

any rice as umai was traditionally eaten with baked sago pellets, a staple food of the

Melanaus besides the linut.

This traditional Sarawak Snack, is a delicacy of the Melanau People of Sarawak. It is

taken as a snack and served to guests with tea and coffee. The unique taste of Tebaloi is

so special that it has become a very popular snack for all race in Sarawak. The main

producing areas of Tebaloi are in the Mukah and Dalat Districts along the coastal region

of the Mukah Division. These areas favour large plantations of sago palms which produce

sago powder, the main ingredient used in the processing of Tebaloi.

Sarawak Ethnic

Sarawak has more than 40 sub-ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language, culture

and lifestyle. Cities and larger towns are populated predominantly by Malays, Melanaus,

Chinese, and a smaller percentage of Ibans and Bidayuhs who have migrated from their

home-villages for employment reasons. Sarawak is rather distinctive from the rest of

Malaysia in that there is only a small community of Indians living in the state.

DayakIban


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Sea Dayaks (Iban) women from Rejang, Sarawak, wearing rattan corsets decorated with

brass rings and filigree adornments. The family adds to the corset dress as the girl ages

and based on her family's wealth.The Ibans comprise the largest percentage (almost 34%)

of Sarawak's population. Formerly reputed to be the most formidable headhunters on the

island of Borneo, the Ibans of today are a generous, hospitable and placid people.

Because of their history as pirates and fishermen, they were conventionally referred to as

the "Sea Dayaks". The early Iban settlers who migrated from Kalimantan (the Indonesian

part of Borneo south of Sarawak) via the Kapuas River and crossed over the Kelingkang

range and set up home in the river valleys of Batang Ai, the Skrang River, Saribas, and

the Rajang River. The Ibans dwell in longhouses, a stilted structure comprising many

rooms housing a whole community of families.

Chinese

The Chinese first came to Sarawak as traders and explorers in the 6th century. Today,

they make up 26% of the population of Sarawak and consist of communities built from

the economic migrants of the 19th and early 20th centuries.The first Chinese (Hakka)

migrants worked as labourers in the gold mines at Bau or on plantations. Through their

clan associations, business acumen and work ethic, the Chinese organised themselves

economically and rapidly dominated commerce. Today, the Chinese are amongst

Sarawak's most prosperous ethnic groups.

The Sarawak Chinese belong to a wide range of dialect groups, the most significant being:

Hakka (Hakka)

Hokkien (Hokkien)


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Teochew (Teochew)

Hailam (Hailam)

Foochow (Foochow)

Henghua (Henghua)

Malay

The Malays make up 21% of the population in Sarawak. Traditionally fishermen, these

seafaring people chose to form settlements on the banks of the many rivers of Sarawak.

Today, many Malays have migrated to the cities where they are heavily involved in the

public and private sectors and taken up various professions. Malay villages (kampungs) -

a cluster of wooden houses on stilts, many of which are still located by rivers on the

outskirts of major towns and cities, play home to traditional cottage industries. The

Malays are famed for their wood carvings, silver and brass craftings as well as traditional

Malays textile weaving with silver and gold thread (kain songket).

Melanau

The Melanaus have been thought to be amongst the original settlers of Sarawak.

Originally from Mukah (the 10th Administrative Division as launched in March 2002),

the Melanaus traditionally lived in tall houses. Nowadays, they have adopted a Malay

lifestyle, living in kampong-type settlements. Traditionally, Melanaus were fishermen

and still today, they are reputed as some of the finest boat-builders and craftsmen.The

Melanaus were believed to originally worship spirits in a practice verging on paganism.

Today most of them are Muslim and some are Christians, though they still celebrate

traditional animist festivals such as the annual Kaul Festival.

Dayak Bidayuh

Concentrated mainly on the West end of Borneo, the Bidayuhs make up 10% of the

population in Sarawak are now most numerous in the hill counties of Bau and Serian,

within half an hour drive from Kuching.


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Historically, as other tribes were migrating into Sarawak and forming settlements

(particularly the Malays from the neighbouring archipelagos as they shore up along the

coastal areas and riversides) the peace-loving, meek-natured Bidayuhs retreated further

inland, hence earning them the name of "Land Dayaks n land owners". The word

Bidayuh in itself literally means "land people" in Biatah dialect. In Bau-Jagoi/Singai

dialect, the pronunciation is "Bidoyoh" which also carry the same meaning.

The traditional community construction of the Bidayuh is the "baruk", a roundhouse that

rises about 1.5 metres off the ground. It serves as the granary and the meeting house for

the settlement's community. Longhouses were typical in the olden days, similar to that of

the Ibans.

Dayak Orang Ulu

Young Sarawakian playing the sape.

The phrase Orang Ulu means upriver people and is a term used to collectively describe

the numerous tribes that live upriver in Sarawak's vast interior. Such groups include the

major Kayan and Kenyah tribes, and the smaller neighbouring groups of the Kajang,

Kejaman, Punan, Ukit, and Penan. Nowadays, the definition also includes the down-river

tribes of the Lun Bawang, Lun Dayeh (mean upriver/far upstream), Berawan, Saban as

well as the plateau-dwelling Kelabits. The various Orang Ulu groups together make up

roughly 5.5% of Sarawak's population. The Orang Ulu are artistic people with

longhouses elaborately decorated with murals and woodcarvings. They are also well-

known for their intricate beadwork and detailed tattoos. The Orang Ulu tribe can also be


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identified by their unique music - distinctive sounds from their sape, a stringed

instrument not unlike the mandolin.

A vast majority of the Orang Ulu tribe are Christians but traditional religions are still

practiced in some areas.Some of the major tribes making up the Orang Ulu group include :

Kayan

Lun Bawang

Kelabit

Kenyah

Penan

Sebob/Chebob

Sabah Ethnic

The people of Sabah are divided into 32 officially recognised ethnic groups. The largest

non-bumiputra ethnic group is the Chinese (13.2%). The predominant Chinese dialect

group in Sabah is Hakka, followed by Cantonese and Hokkien. Most Chinese people in

Sabah are concentrated in the major cities and towns, namely Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan

and Tawau. The largest indigenous ethnic group is Kadazan-Dusun, followed by Bajau,

and Murut. There is a much smaller proportion of Indians and other South Asians in

Sabah compared to other parts of Malaysia. Cocos people is a minority ethnic residing in

Sabah especially at the Tawau Division. Collectively, all persons coming from Sabah are

known as Sabahans and identify themselves as such.

Sabah demography consists of many ethnic groups, for example:


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Kadazan Dusun

Bajau

Suluk

Kwijau

Malaysian Ethnic

Malay

Malays are an ethnic group of Austronesian people predominantly inhabiting the Malay

Peninsula, including the southernmost parts of Thailand, the east coast of Sumatra, the

coast of Borneo, and the smaller islands which lie between these locations. The Malay


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ethnic group is distinct from the concept of a Malay race, which encompasses a wider

group of people, including most of Indonesia and the Philippines. The Malay language is

a member of the Austronesian family of languages.

Chinese

Malaysian Chinese is a Malaysian of Chinese origin. Most are descendants of Chinese

who arrived between the fifteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Within Malaysia, they

are usually simply referred to as "Chinese" in all languages. The term Chinese Malaysian

is also sometimes used to refer to this community.

Indian

Malaysian Indians are a group of Malaysians largely descended from those who migrated

from southern India during the British colonization of Malaya. Prior to British

colonization, Tamils had been conspicuous in the archipelago much earlier, especially

since the period of the powerful South India kingdom of the Cholas in the 11th

century.By that time, Tamils were among the most important trading peoples of maritime

Asia

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