From Singapore Hotels & Singapore Lifestyle

Malay Restaurants in Singapore serve Malay Cuisine - an amalgam of traditional dishes from Peninsular Malaysia, with strong influences from the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. Rice is the staple used to counterbalance the spiciness of the food. Coconut is also important, with the flesh grated and squeezed for the rich milk used in countless gravies, as well as cakes, desserts and drinks. Malay dishes are flavoured with a startling array of spices and herbs: lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, shallots, galangal, coriander, tamarind, turmeric, cumin, ginger and garlic. Another vital ingredient is Belacan, a pungent dried shrimp paste often combined with pounded fresh chillies to make the popular sambal belacan.

Nasi Padang - originally from the Padang area of West Sumatra - is a perennial favourite, combining a variety of spicy meat, chicken and vegetable dishes served with rice and placed in the centre of the table. A typical meal would include Beef Rendang, a thick and spicy curry made from coconut milk, spices and herbs, served with a fragrant rice dish, Nasi Minyak, to which cardamom and cinnamon have been added, a vegetable curry called Sayur Lodeh (mixed vegetables in coconut) and Sambal Goreng (an aromatic dish of tofu, Tempeh, a preserved soya bean cake, and long beans).

One of Singapore's all-time favourites and probably the best known Malay dish in the world is Satay. These are small bamboo skewers of marinated beef, mutton or chicken which are grilled over coals and served with sliced onion, cucumber, Ketupat (compressed rice cakes) and peanut sauce. Not to be outdone, the Chinese have come up with their own version, made with either pork (in deference to Islamic beliefs, pork is never used in Malay Cuisine or chicken, and served with a sweeter version of the traditional peanut sauce.

Another favourite is Soto Ayam, a spicy soup served with chicken, bean sprouts and either potato croquettes or compressed rice; Mee Siam, a noodle dish served with a spicy gracy flavoured with tamarind; and Tahu Goreng, a salad of Tofu (beancurd), bean sprouts and slices of cucumber, drenched in delicious peanut sauce.

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