30 Awesome Malaysian Street Foods To Discover 2022
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- 18 Mar 2022
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Malaysian street foods can be seen as one of the shortest ways to discover their diverse and wonderful culture and traditions. This is a multicultural and multiethnic country, which impacts a lot on their cuisine.
To me, the exotic Malaysian foods are a great topic to explore. Why? Because their dishes are the perfect combination of various significant cuisines, like Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, and Malaysian themselves.
Walking on the streets of Malaysia, you can see the diversity in people’s lives, making you want to know more about this attractive country. Especially if you are a foodie lover, this post will open your mind to many tasty Malaysian dishes from various street vendors to small restaurants.
So let’s follow me to expand your knowledge about the most iconic street foods in Malaysia. They will not fail you, I promise!
1. Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice)
It is easy to understand why Nasi Lemak is the national dish of Malaysia because they capture all the best flavors of coconut and pandan leaf to ensure the rice is not only fragrant but also mesmerizing.
Besides, it also contains sambal (chili sauce made from chili peppers and shrimp paste), fried fish, cucumber, anchovies, or other side dishes in Malaysian style. Imagine, the creamy and grassy hints from pandan leaves and coconut milk in every dish bite are so amazing.
You can buy them anywhere in Malaysia, either on the street or in restaurants. Like Nasi Kerabu, this one is another good choice for breakfast. And the popularity of Nasi Lemak is not only in Malaysia but also in its neighbors, such as Singapore, Southern Thailand, and Brunei.
2. Nasi Kerabu (Malaysian Blue Rice Dish)
Nasi Kerabu is a rice dish with beautiful blue rice and other components like fried chicken (or dried fish), pickles, salads, and crackers. If you do not know what to eat for a Malaysian-style breakfast, Nasi Kerabu might be your best bet.
To prepare this dish, the natives have to cook the rice with the color of butterfly-pea flower to have this blue. But they also come with turmeric rice or just plain rice. And they are all tasty.
This rice dish is very famous on the east coast of Malaysia, like Terengganu and Kelantan, but you can still find them across the country with ease. Overall, with the contrast from different ingredients of Nasi Kerabu, this rice dish is so unforgettable.
3. Hainanese Chicken Rice
Obviously, this rice dish is not a Malaysia-originated meal but a tasty China-based food instead, particularly in Hainan. But as Malaysian cuisine is strongly affected by Chinese cuisine, Hainanese chicken rice is another street food that many Malaysians love.
In fact, this delicious dish is also well-known in other Southeast Asian countries, like Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The big star of this dish is the poached chicken. However, rice also plays an important part in this dish.
They are not regular plain cooked rice. Instead, people will use chicken stock and chicken fat for cooking them. That’s why you can see the rice has a very light yellow color. The dish always comes with chili sauce and a bit of cucumber to garnish to enhance the overall flavor.
When you travel to Malaysia, especially to Muar and Malacca, the rice usually comes in a ball-shaped form to make it more interesting to enjoy.
4. Claypot Chicken Rice
When you wander on Malaysian streets, especially on the foodie streets, you will notice some hawkers are cooking something in clay pots. It is clay pot chicken rice – another familiar street dish that you have to try while in this country.
Basically, they are chicken rice cooked in a clay pot and then served in this clay pot. This rice treat can be a fulfilling lunch or dinner, including chicken, rice, soy sauce, Chinese sausages, and veggies.
The locals will cook the rice first, then add other ingredients later. In short, I guarantee you will love the crusty layer of rice at the bottom and the juicy steamed chicken meat on the top.
5. Roast Chicken Rice
