Nasi Ulam is very healthy as there are 10 types of fresh herbs, freshly and finely slice to make it so fragrant. Cooked brasmatic rice with seasoning of sugar, salt and white pepper with some toasted pounded seafood powder is a unique workable flavor.
Added then with finely sliced green herbs gives you a double healthy mains. A spoonful passed in a party simply have your guest going for at least 5 spoons. So be prepared to makes more then the usual 1 spoon per person.
Yellow noodles or rice vermicelli, coconut milk, bean curd puffs, prawns, chicken, cockles, dried cuttlefish, and fresh herbs. Topped with a dollop of sambal for added spice.
Curry paste made with coriander powder, lemongrass, dried chilies, garlic, onions, and fresh turmeric, providing the base for a deeply aromatic broth.
For a vegetarian version, replace seafood and chicken with tofu, mushrooms, and extra bean curd puffs. Adjust the spice level by adding more or less sambal to taste.
Mee Goreng is stir fried yellow noodle in sweet potato gravy. Add ons are slices of deep fried firm tofu, beansprouts, prawns or chives fritter what we called “mouse fritters” keeps the guest fascinated to want to learn this street food.
Some Chinese lettuce, toasted peanuts, crispy shallot leaves you asking for a second round. We also called it Mamak Mee Goreng.
Another breakfast which you can miss is Roti Chanai. All over streets of Georgetown, little stalls called Ottu Kedai, you will see Indian Muslim man slapping the oily greased dough up in the air. As he swirl it around him expertly, it gets bigger and thinner. It is then pan fried to crispiness.
Usually served with dalca or sambar for vegetarians.
