Monday, August 16, 2010

What Muslims in Malaysia Eat in Ramadhan

i've noticed that there is a certain food culture during Ramadhan. it didn't occur to me until i was on my way to school and saw a makeshift stall selling canned lychees and longans at Pasar Keramat. so here's my list:

1. Typical drinks for iftar : soya bean milk, cincau rose syrup and sugarcane drink.
packed soya bean milk
cincau



sugarcane drink
2. Typical desserts : jellies, taufu fa and santan based kuih

agar-agar berlapis santan

packed taufu fa with molasses or regular syrup
kuih talam
kuih cara manis
kuih seri muka

3. Typical savoury kuihs:
karipap

pulut panggang

roti jala

4. Typical canned desserts : lychees in yellow cans
and longans in blue and white cans
longans in heavy syrup

5. Typical main meal from pasar ramadhan : nasi kerabu,
nasi kerabu



roti john



murtabak


ayam percik



ikan bakar


6. Typical homecooked meal : fried mee hoon, fried rice and spicy broth
fried mee hoon

fried rice

spicy beef ribs soup


7. A must for every iftar : dates

dates

1 comment:

Mille said...

Hmm... You forgot Tepung Pelita.. my favourite. Nice blog, by the way.