Glutinous rice is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia,and the northeastern regions of South Asia,which has opaque grains,very low amylose content,and is especially sticky when cooked. It is widely consumed across Asia.
Malaysian cuisine consists of cooking traditions and practices found in Malaysia,and reflects the multi-ethnic makeup of its population. The vast majority of Malaysia's population can roughly be divided among three major ethnic groups:Malays,Chinese and Indians. The remainder consists of the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia,the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia,the Peranakan and Eurasian creole communities,as well as a significant number of foreign workers and expatriates.
Malay cuisine is the traditional food of the ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia,residing in modern-day Malaysia,Indonesia,Singapore,Brunei,Southern Thailand and the Philippines as well as Cocos Islands,Christmas Island,Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Kuih are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called cakes,cookies,dumplings,pudding,biscuits,or pastries in English and are usually made from rice or glutinous rice. In China,where the term originates from,kueh or koé (粿) in the Min Nan languages refers to snacks which are typically made from rice but can occasionally be made from other grains such as wheat. The term kuih is widely used in Malaysia,Brunei,and Singapore,kueh is used in Singapore and Indonesia,kue is used in Indonesia only,all three refer to sweet or savoury desserts.
Singaporean cuisine is derived from several ethnic groups in Singapore and has developed through centuries of political,economic,and social changes in the cosmopolitan city-state.
Puffed rice and popped rice are types of puffed grain made from rice commonly eaten in the traditional cuisines of Southeast Asia,East Asia,and South Asia. It has also been produced commercially in the West since 1904 and is popular in breakfast cereals and other snack foods.
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped,condensed,or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten. Common variations include cakes made with rice flour,those made from ground rice,and those made from whole grains of rice compressed together or combined with some other binding substance.
Tangyuan are a traditional Chinese dessert made of glutinous rice shaped into balls that are served in a hot broth or syrup. They come in varying sizes,anything between a marble to a ping pong ball,and are sometimes stuffed with filling. Tangyuan are traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival,but because the name is a homophone for union and symbolizes togetherness and completeness,this dish is also served at weddings,family reunions,Chinese New Year,and the Dōngzhìfestival.
Kue is an Indonesian bite-sized snack or dessert food. Kue is a fairly broad term in Indonesian to describe a wide variety of snacks including cakes,cookies,fritters,pies,scones,and patisserie. Kue are made from a variety of ingredients in various forms;some are steamed,fried or baked. They are popular snacks in Indonesia,which has the largest variety of kue. Because of the countries' historical colonial ties,Koeé (kue) is also popular in the Netherlands.
Jiandui or sesame balls are a type of fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. The pastry is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy after immediately being cooked. Inside the pastry is a large hollow,caused by the expansion of the dough. The hollow of the pastry is filled with a filling usually consisting of lotus paste,or alternatively,sweet black bean paste,or red bean paste.
In Vietnamese,the term bánh translates loosely as "cake" or "bread",but refers to a wide variety of prepared foods that can easily be eaten by hands or chopsticks. With the addition of qualifying adjectives,bánh refers to a wide variety of sweet or savory,distinct cakes,buns,pastries,sandwiches,and other food items,which may be cooked by steaming,baking,frying,deep-frying,or boiling. Foods made from wheat flour or rice flour are generally called bánh,but the term may also refer to certain varieties of noodle and fish cake dishes,such as bánh canh and bánh hỏi.
Javanese cuisine is the cuisine of Javanese people,a major ethnic group in Indonesia,more precisely the province of Central Java,Yogyakarta and East Java.
Chinese desserts are sweet foods and dishes that are served with tea,along with meals or at the end of meals in Chinese cuisine. The desserts encompass a wide variety of ingredients commonly used in East Asian cuisines such as powdered or whole glutinous rice,sweet bean pastes,and agar. Due to the many Chinese cultures and the long history of China,there are a great variety of desserts of many forms.
Betawi cuisine is rich,diverse and eclectic,in part because the Betawi people that create them were composed from numbers of regional immigrants that came from various places in the Indonesian archipelago,as well as Chinese,Indian,Arab,and European traders,visitors and immigrants that were attracted to the port city of Batavia since centuries ago.
Bua loi or bua loy is a Thai dessert. It consists of rice flour rolled into small balls,and cooked in coconut milk and sugar. Some Bua loi also adds sweet egg into the recipe. It was inspired by Tangyuan,a Chinese dessert that is traditionally eaten around the Lantern festival. Bua Loi also traditionally eats at the Dongzhi Festival in Thailand,which is festival for the Chinese-Thai bloodline. There are a variety of versions of Bua loi such as using food coloring instead of natural color,using soy milk instead of Coconut cream,sliced Pumpkin to add inside rice balls,et cetera. There's other type of Bua loi in other country from China,Japan,Indonesia,Myanmar,Philippines,Southern Vietnam and Malaysia. 1 cup of Bua Loy has total calories of 295.5 kilocalories,protein of 10.4 grams,carbohydrate of 6.3 grams,and fat of 25 grams.
Phuket cuisine originates from Phuket,Thailand and has Chinese,Malaysian,and Thai influences.
In the Burmese language,the term mont translates to "snack",and refers to a wide variety of prepared foods,ranging from sweet desserts to savory food items that may be cooked by steaming,baking,frying,deep-frying,or boiling. Foods made from wheat or rice flour are generally called mont,but the term may also refer to certain varieties of noodle dishes,such as mohinga. Burmese mont are typically eaten with tea during breakfast or afternoon tea time.
