![]() And like any typical Nyonya dessert, you can’t miss out on the coconut milk. Sweet but with the fragrance of our local coconut palm sugar, there is a slight caramel taste to it. Sweet wheat porridge with coconut milk, this is a dessert made from pearl wheat, coconut milk and coconut palm sugar. Drizzled with a decent amount of coconut milk, it acts as a great balance to the sweeten black sticky rice. Bee Kor Moey or Black Sticky Rice Dessert is a sweet delicacy that has a creamy texture with little grains of purple rice and longan fruit. ![]() This dessert is one of the more popular desserts in Nyonya cuisine. The watery soup itself is pure coconut milk goodness that leaks out hints of pandan taste. With large chunky pieces of purple sweet potato, yellow sweet potato and yam, it’s a good play on the texture. This simple Bubur Cha Cha is a coconut milk dessert that is both colourful and delicious. Desserts To Sweeten Up Your Meal Photo: Penang Foodie Cooked together with the potatoes, it’s the type of curry that is cooked until the chicken bone breaks down. Using fresh ingredients to make the base of this curry, you can taste the strong aromatic flavours of the spices. Simmered in coconut milk that gives a milky texture, this is a curry that is made from scratch. If you’re a curry lover, then this is your must-try dish. Just a few bites down and it breaks apart easily!ģ. The chicken itself is soft and succulent. This Red Dates Wolfberry Chicken is for those who would love a healthy yet delicious twist on their food. Using basic ingredients that are known to nourish the body like red dates and wolfberries, it comes with lots of gravy to top on your rice. Red Dates Wolfberry Chicken Photo: Penang Foodie An addictive sauce that mainly focuses on black vinegar and ginger, it is lightly sweetened to make this a sweet, sour and flavourful meal to go with your rice.Ģ. Simmered until the collagenous and meaty part soaks up the sauce, it’s as if there’s no need to chew because it just melts. Tu Kar Chor or pork trotter that is braised for long hours in a black sweet vinegar sauce, this is a must-try dish. ![]() Tu Kar Chor (Black Sweet Vinegar Pork Trotter) Photo: Penang Foodie Sprinkled generously with mint leaves, it adds more depths into this flavourful and colourful dish. A small sip of the gravy, it’s a familiar taste that is similar to assam laksa as they include the main ingredient, torch ginger flower. To describe it better, it would be better to name it as spicy gravies or soups. This is a type of curry that is on the watery-side when compared to the typical Malay or Indian curries. Assam Tumis Red Snapper Photo: Penang Foodie ![]() So if you’re a cuttlefish lover, it’s our recommended dish for you to try!Ĥ. Soft and flavourful, this cuttlefish is cut into bite-size pieces that absorb a little spicy kick from the dried chili. It could be the most tender cuttlefish we’ve ever tried. This stir-fry cuttlefish cooked in soy sauce is a dish that didn’t disappoint us. Stir-Fried Sotong with Garlic & Onion Photo: Penang Foodie So remember to scoop a good amount of sauce before you dig into your rice!ģ. ![]() This is a saucy dish that tastes irresistibly good with white rice. It presents a simple ingredient list but it’s spicy, pungent and sweet with subtle petai flavours that penetrate evenly into the prawns. This Petai Prawns or Stink Bean Prawns is a Nyonya signature that features homemade sambal, prawns and petai. Petai Heh (Petai Prawn) Photo: Penang Foodie Paired with pickled vegetables at the side, this is an appetising plate of marinated prawns that makes you go for more.Ģ. Pan-fried until the tamarind sauce fully covers the prawns, this is a delightful dish that is tangy yet accentuates the naturally sweet taste of prawns. Served with salted egg and a healthy dose of sambal belacan and you’ll dig in for more.Īssam or tamarind is a paste that gives a bold and tart flavour. Featuring kaffir lime leaves to turmeric leaves, it gives off a strong aromatic herbal taste that is touched with a little salt. This dish that literally translates into salad rice is a traditional rice dish that uses local vegetables and herbs as the main ingredient. In Malay, ‘nasi’ means rice and ‘ulam’ means salad. ![]()
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