List of Malaysian dishes

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This is a list of dishes found in Malaysian cuisine.

Dishes

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Acar		Nationwide	Condiment or salad	A type of a pickling that can be found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Ambuyat		Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan on East Malaysia (Popular in Brunei)	Staple food	One of the famous delicacy for the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak.
Asam Fish	—	—	—	—
Ayam pansuh		Sarawak	Soup	A chicken soup cooked in bamboo along with seasonings. Popular dish in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Bak kut teh		Klang, Selangor	Soup	A soup that consists of meaty pork ribs in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic), boiled together with pork bones for hours.
Bean sprouts chicken		Ipoh, Perak	Dish	Served with light soya sauce flavoured with oil.
Chai tow kway		Nationwide	Common dish (Dim sum)	A variety of dim sum.
Chapathi		Nationwide	Flat bread (Part of Indian bread)	A thin, unleavened flat bread originated from India, brought by the immigrants to the country early in the 19th century. Usually serve with beef or mutton curry.
Chilli crab		Peninsular Malaysia	Seafood dish	Derived from Chinese cuisine.
Curry	—	Nationwide	Dish	Derived from Indian cuisine.
Dosai		Popular in Peninsular Malaysia Called as "Thosai"	Fermented crepe or pancake (Part of Indian bread)	Derived from TamilIndian cuisine.
Fish ball		Nationwide	Common food	Small balls that were made from fish.
Fish head curry		Nationwide	Curry	Fish head in a curry, usually mixed with some others vegetables.
Gulai		Nationwide	Curry	Originating in Sumatra, gulai is any number of meats cooked in a thick, rich and spicy curry sauce.
Heong Peng	—	Ipoh, Perak	Pastry	Available in many stores around Ipoh.
Ikan Bakar		Nationwide (Popular in Peninsular Malaysia)	Seafood dishes	Usually eat with sambal or shrimp paste.
Ketupat (Daun Palas or Pulut)		Nationwide	Dumpling	Served during the Muslim Aidilfitri (Eid al-Fitr).
Kuih kochi		Nationwide (Popular in Singapore)	Dumpling	Made from ground unpolished glutinous rice.
Lemang		Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo	Traditional food	Popular in Malaysia. Both in Peninsular and East Malaysia.
Murtabak		Nationwide	Pancake	Derived from Middle East and also from Indian cuisine.
Otak-otak		Nationwide; Popular in Muar, Johor	Cake type made from fish meat and spices	Traditionally served steamed, wrapped inside a [[banana leaf] or grilled in coconut leaves].
Oyster omelette		Nationwide	Seafood dish	—
Pasembur		Penang	Salad	A type of Indian salad.
Popiah		Nationwide	Spring roll	Can be found on street vendors around Malaysia.
Pulot tartal	—	Malacca	Dish	Malaccan-based dish.
Puri		Peninsular Malaysia	Bread (Part of Indian bread)	Derived from Indian cuisine.
Putu mayam	160px	Peninsular Malaysia	Dish	Derived from Tamil Indian cuisine.
Ramly Burger	160px	Nationwide	Hamburger, Entrée (Part of Dish)	Can be found all over Malaysia.
Rojak		Nationwide	Salad dish	A traditional fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Rojak Klang	—	Klang, Selangor	Salad dish	A type of salad dish from Klang.
Roti canai		Nationwide	Flatbread	Derived from Indian cuisine.
Roti john		Nationwide	Omelette sandwich	A popular Malay breakfast and snack item in Malaysia and Singapore.
Sata		Terengganu	Traditional dish	Consisting of spiced fish meat wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a grill.
Satay		Nationwide	Dish	Can be found throughout all the states of Malaysia in restaurants and on the street.
Satay celup		Malacca, Penang	Dish	Popular in Malacca and Penang.
Sup Kambing	160px	Nationwide	Soup dish	Can be found all over Malaysia.
Ulam (salad)		Nationwide	Traditional salad	Can be eaten simply as it is, or with cucumber, cabbage and eggplant.
Yong tau foo		Nationwide	Soup dish	A type of Chinese soup dish.
Yusheng		Nationwide	Teochew-style raw fish salad	Consumed during Chinese New Year.

Noodle dishes

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Banmian		Nationwide	Noodle dish	Derived from Hakka cuisine.
Char kway teow		Nationwide	Noodle dish	A popular noodle dish in Malaysia and Singapore that made from flat rice noodles.
Curry Mee		Malaysia	Noodle dish	Usually made up of thin yellow egg noodles or/and string thin mee-hoon (rice vermicelli) with spicy curry soup, chilli/sambal, coconut milk, and a choice of dried tofu, prawns, cuttlefish, chicken, egg and mint leaves.
Duck soup noodles	—	Penang, Malaysia	Noodle soup	Consists of ingredients such as duck meat in hot soup with mixed herbs and slim white noodles known as mee-sua.
Hokkien mee		Nationwide	Fried noodles	Served in many Southeast Asian countries (mostly Malaysia and Singapore) and was brought there by immigrants from the Fujian province in southeastern China.
Laksa		Penang, Perlis, Kedah, (Ipoh and Kuala Kangsar in Perak), Johor, Sarawak and Kelantan	Noodle soup	The famous one are the Penang laksa.
Laksa Sarawak		Sarawak	Noodle soup	A very popular dish in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Lor mee		Nationwide (Popular in Singapore)	Noodle dish	One of Chinese-inspired noodle dish.
Maggi goreng		Malaysia	Instant noodles	A type of instant noodles that are popular in Malaysia.
Mee Bandung Muar		Muar, Johor	Noodle dish	Traditional cuisine from Muar.
Mee goreng		Nationwide	Noodle dish	Derived from Chinese cuisine.
Mee hailam	—	—	—	—
Mee Kolok		Kuching, Sarawak	Noodle dish	A type of noodles popular in Kuching, Sarawak.
Mee pok		Nationwide	Noodle dish	A type of Chinese noodle.
Mee rebus		Malaysia (Popular in Singapore)	Boiled noodle dish	A popular noodle dish in Malaysia and Singapore.
Mee siam		Peninsular Malaysia (Popular in Singapore)	Siamese noodle	A type of dish of thin rice noodles.
Mee sup	—	—	—	—
Mihun sup	—	—	—	—
Soto		Nationwide	Traditional noodle soup dish	One of the popular noodle dish both in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Wonton noodles		Nationwide	Noodle dish	Derived from Cantonese cuisine.

Rice dishes

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
American fried rice	160px	Nationwide	Rice dish	One of the most expensive fried rice and can only be found in some urban restaurants.
Banana leaf rice		Peninsular Malaysia	Rice dish	Derived from Indian cuisine.
Claypot chicken rice		Nationwide	Rice dish	Usually served with Chinese sausage.
Fried rice		Nationwide	Rice dish	Made from steamed rice stir-fried in a wok.
Hainanese chicken rice	160px	Nationwide	Rice dish	Derived by Hainanese immigrants.
Nasi dagang		Peninsular Malaysia especially in Kelantan and Terengganu (Popular in Southern Thailand)	Rice dish	A type of dish consisting of rice steamed in coconut milk, fish curry and extra ingredients such as fried shaved coconut, hard-boiled eggs and vegetable pickles.
Nasi goreng		Nationwide (Popular in Indonesia)	Rice dish	A type of dish popular in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Nasi goreng pattaya	160px	Peninsular Malaysia	Rice dish	A Malaysian dish made by covering or wrapping chicken fried rice, in fried egg. It is often served with chili sauce and cucumber. The name comes from Pattaya, Thailand.
Nasi kandar	160px	Penang	Rice dish	A popular northern Malaysian dish, which originates from Penang.
Nasi kerabu		Kelantan, Terengganu	Rice dish	A type of nasi ulam, in which blue-coloured rice is eaten with dried fish or fried chicken, crackers, pickles and other salads
Nasi lemak		Malaysia (Popular in Brunei, Singapore, Riau Islands and Southern Thailand)	Rice dish National dish of Malaysia	A fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish of Malaysia.
Nasi paprik	—	—	Rice dish	—
Nasi ulam		Nationwide	Rice dish	A steamed rice dish mixed with various herbs, especially the leaves of pegagan (centella, often replaced with lemon basil), vegetables, and spices and accompanied by various side dishes

Snacks

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Keropok (Crackers)		Nationwide, particularly coastal towns such as Malacca, Pulau Pangkor and Lumut	snack	A popular snack in Malaysia, particularly served at homes of many during festive celebration. It can be found in many groceries stores and supermarkets, examples of popular household brands in Malaysia are Rota Prawn Crackers and myReal Pulau Pangkor Prawn Crackers. One of the most popular type of prawn cracker in Malaysia are the Keropok Udang Geragau Melaka.
Cokodok (Jemput-jemput)		Malaysia	Fritter type snack	A traditional Malaysian fritter snack that is made from flour and banana or also can be made with only using flour.
Curry puff		Nationwide	Snack	A type of snack or kuih. Usually filled with chicken and potato with a dried curry inside.
Kaya toast		Nationwide (Popular in Singapore)	Snack	Consists of kaya, a spread of eggs, sugar and coconut milk and flavored with pandan on toasted or fresh bread or cream crackers.
Keropok lekor		Terengganu	Snack	A keropok that is made from fish.
Kuih		Nationwide	Snack	Variety of kuih.
Pisang goreng		Nationwide	Snack	A type of snack which is made from banana.
Kuih Akok		Popular in Kelantan state	Snack	Tradisional Kelantanese dessert snack made from egg, flour, brown sugar.

Preserved meat

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bakkwa	—	Nationwide	Dried meat	—
Char siu		Nationwide	Pork meat	A type of roasted meat.
Chinese sausage		Nationwide	Pork meat	A sausage made from pork.

Sweet cakes and desserts

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Ais kacang		Nationwide	Dessert	Mostly known as air batu campur orABC in Malaysia.
Cendol		Nationwide (Popular in Indonesia)	Dessert	Can be found on street vendors during Ramadan.
Dodol	—	Nationwide (Popular in Indonesia)	Confectionery	Served during the Muslim Aidilfitri (Eid al-Fitr).
Bubur kacang hijau (Green bean porridge)		Nationwide	Dessert	A type of porridge made from Mung bean.
Pineapple tarts		Nationwide	Dessert	Traditionally served as a delicacy during Chinese New Year. Also served during Deepavali and the Muslim Eid al-Fitr.
Roti tissue		Malaysia	Dessert	Available at most local Mamak stalls in Malaysia and Singapore.

Condiments, sauces and spreads

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Belacan		Nationwide	Condiment	Usually eaten with a meal of rice or other dishes.
Budu		Kelantan (Popular in Southern Thailand)	Condiment type of sauce	Traditionally made by mixing anchovy and salt in the range of ratio of 2:1 to 6:1 and allow to ferment for 140 to 200 days. It is used as a flavoring and is normally taken with fish, rice and raw vegetables.
Cincalok		Malacca	Condiment	Fermented small shrimps or krill.
Coconut jam (Known as Kaya in Brunei and Malaysia)		Nationwide	Spread	Usually eat with a toast.
Sambal		Nationwide	Condiment	Variety of sambal, usually eaten with a meal of rice or other dishes.
Tempoyak		East Coast Peninsular	Condiment	Usually eaten with a meal of rice.
Tuhau		Sabah	Condiment	A plant from the genus Etlingera. Usually eaten raw after mixed with chilli, vinegar and salt. Also fried.

Beverages

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bandung		Malaysia	Beverage	A beverage consists of milk flavoured with rose cordial syrup, giving a pink colour.
Ipoh white coffee		Ipoh, Perak	Beverage	A popular white coffee in Perak.
Susu kacang		Nationwide	Beverage
Teh See	—	Nationwide	Beverage	Derived from Chinese cuisine.
Teh halia		Nationwide (Popular in Singapore)	Beverage	A tea mixed with ginger.
Teh krisantimum		Nationwide	Beverage
Teh tarik		Malaysia (Popular in Singapore)	Beverage	Made from black tea mix with condensed milk or evaporated milk.
Teh C Peng Special		Nationwide (Popular in Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia)	Beverage	A unique combination of brown sugar, evaporated milk and red tea which is a local speciality at café's and coffee shops originating from Kuching, Sarawak.
Tenom coffee	—	Tenom, Sabah	Beverage	A popular Robusta coffee variety in Sabah.
Tuak		Nationwide (Popular in Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia)	Alcoholic beverage	A type of alcoholic drink.

See also

• Malaysian cuisine

External links

• List of Malaysian dishes at DMOZ