Peranakan or Nonya cuisine combines Chinese, Malay and other influences into a unique blend.
Cooking Peranakan Food has always been my greatest passion. Dishes like Ayam Buah Keluak, Itek Tim (Duck with Kiam Chye Soup), Babi Pongteh (Stewed Pork with bamboo shoot) and many more.
Nonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients and wok cooking techniques with spices used by the Malay/Indonesian community. The food is tangy, aromatic, spicy and herbal. Key ingredients include coconut milk, galangal (a subtle, mustard-scented rhizome similar to ginger), candlenuts as both a flavoring and thickening agent, laksa leaf, pandan leaves (Pandanus amaryllifolius), belachan, tamarind juice, lemongrass, torch ginger bud, jicama, fragrant kaffir lime leaf, rice or egg noodles and chinchalok - a powerfully flavored, sour and salty shrimp-based condiment that is typically mixed with lime juice, chillies and shallots and eaten with rice, babi pongteh and other side dishes.
Cooking Peranakan Food has always been my greatest passion. Dishes like Ayam Buah Keluak, Itek Tim (Duck with Kiam Chye Soup), Babi Pongteh (Stewed Pork with bamboo shoot) and many more.
Nonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients and wok cooking techniques with spices used by the Malay/Indonesian community. The food is tangy, aromatic, spicy and herbal. Key ingredients include coconut milk, galangal (a subtle, mustard-scented rhizome similar to ginger), candlenuts as both a flavoring and thickening agent, laksa leaf, pandan leaves (Pandanus amaryllifolius), belachan, tamarind juice, lemongrass, torch ginger bud, jicama, fragrant kaffir lime leaf, rice or egg noodles and chinchalok - a powerfully flavored, sour and salty shrimp-based condiment that is typically mixed with lime juice, chillies and shallots and eaten with rice, babi pongteh and other side dishes.
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This concoction of dishes are unique to the Straits Born people of Malacca and Penang and is a must try for those who love eating. The specialties are so aromatic and tasteful that it is very different to the traditional ethnic dishes from China, India or Indonesia.
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