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🇲🇾 Traditional dishes from Malaysia

3 dishes people actually cook in Malaysia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Char kway teow

30 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Char kway teow, a traditional dish from Malaysia

Savor the rich flavors of this classic stir-fried noodle dish!

  • 400 g flat rice noodles
  • 300 g prawns
  • 100 g Chinese sausage
  • 150 g bean sprouts
  • 4 garlic
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp chili paste

Laksa

30 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Laksa, a traditional dish from Malaysia

A fragrant and spicy noodle soup to delight your senses.

  • 200 g rice noodles
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 300 g chicken breast
  • 100 g bean sprouts
  • 3 tbsp laksa paste
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 limes
  • 30 g fresh coriander

Nasi lemak

60 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Nasi lemak, a traditional dish from Malaysia

Delicious coconut rice served with savory sides.

  • 400 g jasmine rice
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 200 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cucumber
  • 4 boiled eggs
  • 100 g fried anchovies
  • 100 g peanuts
  • 200 g sambal

What do people eat in Malaysia?

The three dishes from Malaysia documented in Copper are Char kway teow, Laksa and Nasi lemak. Bean sprouts and coconut milk each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 25 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Malaysia?

The three recipes need 25 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Bean sprouts is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 7 use bean sprouts. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Malaysia take?

Char kway teow is the quickest at 30 minutes. Nasi lemak is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 30 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Malaysia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Malaysia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Char kway teow is the shortest way in.

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