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1. NASI LEMAK
Definition: As easy as to find sandwich in America, nasi lemak could be loved by all Malaysian. It is also a must-have dish for all tourist from all over the world. Nasi lemak normally served with spicy gravy made with anchovy - called 'sambal bilis'. Also accompanied by fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and egg (either boiled or fried like a flat omelette).
Danger: One serving of nasi lemak may consists of 400-500 calories! And the count goes up when you have it fried chicken (240 calories) or 'sambal sotong' (170 calories)!
2. ROTI CANAI
Definition: A classic Malaysian-Indian food which always being misinterpreted as a 'simple breakfast' by most Malaysia. It's dough is made of flour, egg & ghee. The dough is elastic & stretched into thin tissue-like sheet and 'grilled' on a hot wide pan with use of plenty of cooking oil in order to make it a tasty crispy sheet. It's normally eaten with dhal or curry gravy.
Danger: A sheet of roti canai may consists of 300 calories! Not including calories from the gravy!
3. NASI GORENG
Definition: Rice stir-fried with spices like shallot, garlic, shrimp paste, salt and added with some shrimp, beef, chicken chunks, anchovies and some vegetables. The most popular traditional nasi goreng in Malaysia is 'nasi goreng kampung' - normally added with anchovies, hot chilies & kangkung.
Danger: One serving of nasi goreng may consists of 630 calories. It become more unhealthy when it's cooked using quite a lot of cooking oil; added with eggs & other ingredient.
4. AISKRIM
Definition: Ice cream is one of popular dessert in Malaysia. Either it is a modern or tradition ice cream, not only children would always love them; but adults too! Besides the modern ice creams made by commercial company such as Walls, Nestle, Magnolia etc, there are also tradinional home-made ice creams such as aiskrim asam boi, aiskrim bubur kacang, aiskrim milo & even aiskrim sumi jelly!
Danger: 2 scoops of modern ice cream may consists of 380 calories! And most traditional ice creams are made of a lot of sugar or condensed milk.
5. BURGER
Definition: You may easily find many types of burger in America, but they will never be the same with Malaysian burgers! Although Malaysian burgers are also basically made of buns & beef/chicken patty, but what makes it unique is the additional sauce added into it - normally chili sauce, black pepper sauce, mayonnaise and some may add a slice of cheddar cheese. It's best to eat Malaysian burger in the middle of the night when you suddenly feel extra hungry!
Danger: One serving of Malaysian burger may consists of 475 calories! As it contains processed meat (the patty), it may also increase cholesterol level in your blood.
6. MEE KARI (CURRY MEE)
Definition: A bowl of chicken/beef curry is a normal dish to come with a bowl of rice in Malaysia. While curry mee is a cuisine which consist of curry gravy with meat/chicken; vegetables & yellow mee. The curry is made with several spices such as curry powder, shallot, garlic, salt, coconut milk cooked with some oil. It is best to have curry mee during your tea time or during special occasion like Hari Raya open house or birthday party.
Danger: A bowl of curry mee may consists of 500 calories. The use of coconut milk may also increase cholesterol level in your blood.
7. MEE GORENG (FRIED MEE)
Definition: The most popular mee goreng in Malaysia is 'mee goreng mamak'. You may easily find this at any 'mamak stall' in Malaysia. A plate of mee goreng would normally have chicken/shrimp in it. While mee goreng mamak would also have some additional 'kuih/cekodok tepung' and bean curd in it.
Danger: One serving of mee goreng may consists of 600-700 calories! Plus the total of cholesterol tha comes with it.
8. SUSU PEKAT MANIS (CONDENSED MILK)
Definition: This kind of sweetener is normally use in most Malaysian traditional drinks such as teh tarik, kopi ais, milo ais or nescafe ais. Those drinks are the most popular drinks especially at any mamak or Malay restaurants. To ensure the tastefulness of each drinks, drinks maker would normally put a quite large amount of condensed milk in each serving of the drinks.
Danger: 1 tablespoon of condensed milk is equal to 60 calories. While 1 tablespoon is normally not enough to make a drink so tasteful, thus one serving of a drink might consists of more than 2-3 tablespoons of condensed milk!
9. DONUT & KUIH-MUIH
Definition: Malaysia is rich with traditional kuih-muih such as seri muka, kuih lapis, puteri mandi, kuih keria, cek mek molek & our own version of donuts. People would normally loved to have those kuih-muih during breakfast or tea time.
Danger: Each slice of a kuih or donut may consist of 2-3 teaspoon of sugar. And unfortunately, 1-2 pieces of kuih is just not enough at one time!
10. PISANG GORENG
Definition: This is the most loved tea time dish in Malaysia. Who could resist a hot pisang goreng especially in a cold raining evening! Furthermore, this traditional dish has been modified by the new generation to be now known as 'pisang goreng cheese'! A plate of pisang goreng with a cup of hot kopi o would make a perfect dish for tea time after a tiring working day!
Danger: One piece of pisang goreng is equal to 129 calories. Imagine if your have 'seringgit' of pisang goreng - which consists of 3-4 pieces of it! Plus, the hike of cholesterol level in your blood!
It's not wrong for you to have any Malaysia cuisine. However the frequent intake of these food may lead you to a huge risk of unhealthiness in you. Over intake of calories may cause obesity, diabetes, hike in cholesterol level, hypertension, heart problem & might possibly stroke! So, be extra careful the next time you enjoy Malaysian cuisine!
Irda
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the facts are so surprising!
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