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  Nasi lemak can be regarded as Malaysia’s ‘national treasure’ dish. Every morning, you can easily find Nasi Lemak in those Mamak stalls, Chinese coffee shops, on the roadside or even in a 5 Star hotel. You can eat it for Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Mid Meal or otherwise. Some are ready wrapped with banana leaves and grease proof paper. You can have a basic version, and you can have various condiments to go along with it.  This dish is normally added with a hot spicy sauce (sambal) and various garnishes, including fresh cucumber slices, small fried anchovies (ikan bilis), roasted peanuts, and hard-boiled or fried eggs. And sometimes it also serves with sambal squid, curry chicken, beef rendang, fried fish, stir-fried vegetables. When talking about nasi lemak, that hot spicy sauce (sambal) is a must. It is the soul of Nasi Lemak. A plate of nasi lemak without sambal will not have the taste that nasi lemak should have. As well as the rice must taste with coconut flavor. That’s the p

What is crepe? A crepe is a very thin type of pancake that is a quick and easy sweet breakfast treat. Crepes are a French meal staple. Today I am going to share a recipe to transform a classic crepe into a popular Nyonya dessert - Pandan crepe rolls with coconut filling. Kuih Dadar or Kuih Ketayap are the local names for the pandan crepe roll. This dessert is a product of the intermarried Malays and early Chinese immigrants who settled in Penang, Malacca, Singapore, and Indonesia. It consists of delicious, grated coconut wrapped in a fragrant pandan crepe that has been flavoured with gula Melaka (palm sugar. The difference between a French crepe and Nyonya crepe whereas a French crepe is using butter and milk, while a Nyonya crepe is using cooking oil and coconut milk. Kuih Dadar is usually green in colour, which comes from using natural pandan leaf extract, which besides giving colour gives a scent reminiscent of vanilla. To make the crepe, it is ideal to use a flat, non-stick