Peranakan Cuisine
Peranakan, Baba-Nonya or also known as straits chinese are descendants of late 15th and 16th century Chinese immigrants. They have adopted partially or in full customs to be somewhat assimilated into local communities. They could be found in Malaka, Penang, Singapore and Indonesia. Perankan cooking is the result of blending chinese ingredients and wok cooking techniques with spices used by malay/indonesia/asia community. The food is tangy, aromatic,sweet,salty,spicy and herbal. The key ingredients include coconut milk, galangal,tamarind juice, lemongrass, pandan leaves,belachan, kaffir lime, turmeric etc.
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