Saturday, March 27, 2010

nasi dagang kelantan

Introducing Nasi Dagang kelantan. Guess little from the northen heard bout this food from the states on East Coast of PenisularMalaysia huh~As usual, here's a little bit of introduction about IT. Nasi Dagang a.k.a Nasi Dagae in Kelantanese dialects, means “Trader’s Rice”, which is cooked using a special type of reddish brown tinge steamed with coconut milk. Most of the Kelantanese and Terengganu take nasi dagang as breakfast before they start their day. Fenugreek seeds or also known as halba is combined with coconut milk that gives Nasi Dagang its unique flavour and fragrance.
I learnt this from my grandma, who is a very good cook and sifu to me ^^. She used to tell me, to be able to cook a tasty dish, fresh ingredients and patience is the key to sucess. To measure measure wheater that particular dish is sucessful or not...it can be done simply by measuring ur eaters' satisfaction.


再来为大家介绍nasi dagang。这个名词相信对不常到东海岸的朋友有点生疏吧。Nasi Dagang 或 吉兰丹人都常把它叫成nasi dagea直接翻译成华语也就叫“商人”饭(听起来是有点怪,想必是很久很久以前到东海岸的商人把这饭带来然后当地居民把它发扬光大的吧)这饭是以红挪米加上椰浆再以慢火蒸而烹调出来的。halba和红糯米加上椰浆的混合足以让这nasi dagang的味道具有它的特点,许多东海岸的朋友都会把它当早餐吃呢。
而名师出高徒(哈哈),我阿麽就是我的师傅啦。。。记得她常告诉我要煮一道好吃的食物,材料一定要新鲜再来就是用心与耐心了。。。食者的满足就是你的成就

and of course, pictures speaks a thousand words~照片来咯