Delicious meals or cuisines are different in every countries and each came from our ancestor’s secret recipe or our new inspiration. It is amazing to see something that is the same but taste all very differently. We all have our favorite food and the greatest thing about having favorite food is that most of our favorite food comes from our own family background. Therefore, what we eat also can be influenced by our culture.
The people of Minangkabau has their own specialties too when it comes to cuisines. The two of the most famous food that came from them would be rendang and padang rice. Padang rice is actually famous in Indonesia and since the people of Minangkabau originate from Sumatera, padang rice is one of the common thing that Malaysia and Indonesia have. They serve the padang rice actually by serving different kinds of dishes and let we choose what we want to go with our white rice. The dishes range from spicy to fried food. They have different types of Gulai which can be a curry of meat or a curry of cow liver or anything. Friend stuff that they usually serve are like dendeng which is thin crispy beef, ayam pop which is padang style of frying the chicken where they made it golden in color and others.
As for rendang, nowadays we could find rendang anywhere in Malaysia but not every rendang tastes the same and the Minangkabau’s style of rendang happens to be the best. Rendang takes a very long time to cook and we would use cubed meat, some spices and herbs and a lot of coconut milk. It might take a long time to cook this particular dish but it will all be worth it when it’s done. Before it starts to cook, in between the time it will actually look like curry but when it is fully cook, it will turns out moist and a little dry.
The origin of any particular food might not be precise unless we really look it up since whatever recipe that any culture has created will be spread all over the world. For instance, the Indian-Muslim who has created roti canai, nowadays we could see that even the Malays are doing it too. But that is what happens when we mix around with other cultures, we would tend to learn new things from other people. Personally, when it comes to cuisines and food, mixed culture should be a must since it is always great to taste different kinds of tasty and healthy food so that our lives would not be very dull with everyday eggs and rice or everyday noodle soup.
*Rendang, with the herbs that are used in cooking it*
*Nasi Rendang Minang*
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