Bunga Kantan = Wild Ginger Bud
Well known for its powerful smells for laksa. (what is laksa in English?)
Pucuk paku = Paku Shoots...or Nail Shoots
Yum..yum...yum...alhamdulillah, these shoots are fantastically mouth watering.
Lengkuas = Galangal
Remember, it differs from Ginger (halia) and Kunyit (Tumeric). Can anyone tell me the differences?
This is Lemon Grass, known as Serai
Wow...delicious with tom yam and nasi goreng kicap.
Tempe... a Jawanese delicacy, known as Fermented Beancurd
Daun pandan is Screwpine leaves.
Belacan is Dried Shrimp Paste
Not suitable for all people..
Cili Api is not Fire Chillies..but rather known as Bird's Eye Chillies
Subhanallah, very interesting. One last question is, do know how to translate this;
"MASAK LEMAK CILIAPI PUCUK PAKU"
Aha...dare to take the challenge?
6 comments:
fat cooked with bird's eye chillies and nail shoot?
hahaha
haha..good effort i shud say..and now i know daun pandan=screwpine leaf..ah rindu nye kat fermented beancurd..
coconut milk+nail shoot+bird's eye chillies=oishi!
nak try..
"MASAK LEMAK CILIAPI PUCUK PAKU"
nail shoots-bird's eyed chillies creamy soup...
haha..
nail shoots in bird's eye chilli flavoured coconut milk *kuah... ape kuah? cream? soup?*
ko tak suruh translate kuah. so kira legal la challenge aku nih.
hadiah ape?
cili api is not fire chilli. haha! how can there be 'laksa' in english? can we even trust the english in englishifying a word? they call myanmar 'burma' but the 'burmese' is just one race the english happened to encounter there. So, fish n chips is not ikan dan kentang and algebra is not al-jabbar.haha!
gravy can be kuah. but its not accurate. different images show up in the mind when u say 'kuah' and when u say 'gravy'. to be translated, the same image needs to appear. maybe its cos we're from different cultures. the english have lots of words for different forms of snow. malay only has 'salji'. we have 'kuah' and they dont. not everything can be translated. gravy to kuah is being lost in translation.
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