Malaysian & Singaporean recipes
17 Malaysian & Singaporean recipes for a home kitchen, from 25 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
25 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Sambal sotong with tamarind
Squid rings cooked briefly in a hot, tangy sauce of onion, sambal and tamarind, a fast Malaysian-style dish for serving with rice.
25 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Skillet black pepper crab
Fully cooked crab clusters tossed in a skillet with cracked black pepper, garlic, shallot, oyster sauce and soy, finished with lime. Glossy, peppery and messy in the best way.
25 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Char kway teow
Penang's smoky wok-fried flat rice noodles with prawns, Chinese sausage, cockles, egg, chives and bean sprouts.
30 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Hokkien mee (KL black noodles)
Kuala Lumpur's thick yellow noodles braised in dark soy with pork, prawns, cabbage and crispy pork lard.
35 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Banana-leaf fish parcels (otak-otak)
Cod blended with coconut milk, red curry paste and egg into a spiced paste, then wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. A Malaysian parcel with a soft, springy filling.
35 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Chili pan mee
Malaysian dry noodles tossed with crispy anchovies, savory minced pork, a poached egg and fiery chili flakes.
45 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
One-pot Hainanese-style chicken rice
Rice toasted with ginger and garlic and cooked under chicken thighs, served with cucumber and a scallion-ginger oil.
50 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Singapore chili crab
Big mud crab pieces flash-fried, then tossed in a sweet, tangy and spicy tomato-chili gravy thickened with egg ribbons, served with fried buns for mopping up the sauce.
50 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Singapore-style chicken satay with peanut sauce
Turmeric- and lemongrass-marinated chicken skewers grilled until charred, with a rich, sweet-spicy peanut sauce, cucumber and onion.
60 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Nasi lemak
Malaysian coconut rice with sambal, fried anchovies, peanuts, egg and cucumber.
60 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Curry laksa
Rich, spicy coconut curry noodle soup with chicken, shrimp, tofu puffs, egg and bean sprouts.
60 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Ayam masak merah (Raya spicy tomato chicken)
Malay festive chicken fried then simmered in a sweet, spicy red chili-tomato sauce—made for Hari Raya and weddings.
70 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Malaysian chicken curry
Kari ayam: chicken and potatoes in a coconut curry built on a chili-lemongrass spice paste.
120 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · dinner
Bak kut teh (pork rib tea soup)
Teochew-style peppery, garlicky pork rib broth served with rice, you tiao and dark soy with chilies.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
180 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · baking
Pineapple tarts
Melt-in-the-mouth buttery pastries topped with sticky homemade pineapple jam, a Chinese New Year gift in Southeast Asia.
480 min
Malaysian & Singaporean · baking
Roti canai
Flaky, layered Malaysian flatbread stretched paper-thin, coiled and pan-fried, served with dhal or chicken curry.
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