Nyonya food list  

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Ayam Pongteh

Its translated as Miso Soy Chicken. The chicken is cooked with preserved soy beans (Miso), dark soy sauce, sugar and other ingredients. This slightly sweet, chili-free dish is a hit with kids and made daily in some Nyonya households. This recipe is also made with pork Babi Pongteh.


Bubur Cha Cha

It's a dessert dish with sweet potato, banana, yam, black and red beans, boiled tapioca jelly, sago & coconut milk. Made fragrant with pandan leaves and is eaten hot or cold.


Cendol

Chendol or cendol is a popular type of dessert and drink. Its ingredients usually consist of white coconut milk, thin worm-like, pandan-flavoured, green-coloured pea flour noodles and palm sugar (gula melaka). Red beans, pieces of glutinous rice, grass jelly and shaved ice are optional additions.


Curry Kapitan

This curry is a distinctly Nyonya flavored chicken curry using tamarind juice, candlenut, fresh turmeric root and belacan (also spelt belachan or blacan), a shrimp paste, among other ingredients. Besides the usual steamed white rice, this dish is excellent served with Roti Jala.


Laksa ( Penang Asam Laksa)

The main ingredients for assam laksa include shredded fish, normally kembung fish or mackerel, and finely sliced vegetables including cucumber, onions, red chillis, pineapple, lettuce, common mint, "daun kesom" (Vietnamese mint or laksa mint) and pink bunga kantan (ginger buds). Assam laksa is normally served with either thick rice noodles.


Nyonya Kuih (Nyonya Cakes)

There is a lot variety of Nyonya cakes. They include kuih talam, kuih lapis, thor tau kuih, ondek-ondek, kuih koay see and koay beng kang. They are available in most of local market around Penang especially morning market.


Otak-otak

Otak-otak is made by mixing fish paste (usually mackerel) with a mixture of spices including chillies, garlic, shallots, turmeric, lemon grass and coconut milk. The mixture is then wrapped in a leaf (usually a banana leaf) that has been softened by steaming, then grilled or steamed.


Rojak

It consists typically of cucumber, pineapple, taupok (puffed soya bean cake), youtiao (fried dough fritters), jambu air (Water apple), squid fritters and honey. The dressing is made up of water, belacan (shrimp paste), sugar, chili, and lime juice. The ingredients are cut into bite-sized portions and tossed in a bowl with the dressing and topped with chopped peanuts.

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