The Penang Nyonya Cookbook

COOKERY

Cecilia Tan

The Penang Nyonya Cover.indd 1 3/26/09 8:32:57 AM Cecilia Tan

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Photographer: Joshua Tan Food Preparation: Gourmet Haven

Text © Cecilia Tan Photographs © Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited

First published 1983 Reprinted 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2005 This new edition 2009

Published by Marshall Cavendish Cuisine An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196

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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data

Tan, Cecilia. The Penang nyonya cookbook / Cecilia Tan. – Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, 2009. p. cm. ISBN-13 : 978-981-261-786-6 ISBN-10 : 981-261-786-8

1. Cookery, Malaysian. 2. Cookery, Peranakan. I. Title.

TX724.5.M 641.59595 -- dc22 OCN313305585

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08 FOREWORD

09 PREFACE

10 INTRODUCTION

NORTHERN NYONYA SPECIALITIES ACARS

14 Penang Rojak (Penang Salad) 34 Acar Awak (1) (Mixed Vegetable Pickle)

Gado Gado (Mixed Vegetable Salad) 35 Acar Awak (2) (Mixed Vegetable Pickle)

17 Bosomboh (Nyonya Salad) Acar Nanas (Pineapple Pickle)

18 Nyonya Kiam T’nee Chang 36 Acar Kunyit Ikan (Fish Pickle) (Nyonya Rice Dumplings) Acar Betik (Papaya Pickle) Salted Chicken’s Eggs 39 Salted Fish Acar (Salted Fish Pickle) 20 Salted Duck’s Eggs 40 Acar Limau (Lime Pickle) Pork and Chestnut Dumplings 41 Purut Ikan (Preserved Fish Stomach Pickle) 21 Kiam Hu Branda (Salted Fish Branda) 43 Mango Acar (Mango Pickle) Fried Stuffed Tau Kua (Fried Stuffed Firm Bean Curd) GULAIS 23 Heh Kian (Prawn Fritters)

Heh Kian Tauge (Bean Sprout And Prawn Fritters) 47 Gulai Lemak Nanas (Pineapple Curry With Prawns)

24 Jantung Pisang Kerabu (Banana BuD Salad) Gulai Ayam (Chicken Curry)

Otak Otak (Spicy Fish In Banana Leaf Packets) 48 Gulai Nasi Kunyit (Curry For Turmeric Rice)

27 Lo Bak (Nyonya Meat Rolls) Bitter Gourd Gulai (Bitter Gourd Curry)

Betik Masak Titek (Papaya In Hot Gravy) 49 Gulai Lemak Kepala Ikan Kering (Dried Fish Head Curry) 28 La-La Fried in Tau Cheo (Mussels In Soy Bean Paste) Gulai Tumis Kepala Ikan (Fish Head Curry)

Roti Babi (Pork Stuffed Bread Slices) 51 Gulai Lemak Brinjals or Long Beans (Rich Brinjal Or Long Bean Curry) 30 Po Piah (Spring Rolls) 53 Gulai Nangka (Jackfruit Curry)

54 Crab Gulai (Crab Curry)

Gulai Ikan Nyonya (Fish Curry, Nyonya Style)

56 Jantung Pisang Gulai Lemak (Rich Banana Bud Curry)

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