Chapter 05
Malaysia
Rempah, and what it carries.
- 11recipes in the chapter
- 2pastes and dips
About the Malaysia chapter
Two bases: a belacan sambal and a rempah, the ground spice paste that starts a great many of the dishes here.
The chapter reflects a table where Malay, Chinese and Indian cooking sit alongside each other, and where the same rempah can head in three directions.
What it is built on
The bases
All 2, in full — each one a recipe of its own.
From this chapter
4 of the 11
A selection, not the whole chapter. All 100 are in the recipe index.
The Complete Edition
The Malaysia chapter in full
All 11recipes, the headnotes, the pastes and dips, and the chapter’s place in the wider book — alongside the other ten chapters and the twenty-seven pantry studies that open the collection.
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Imagery on this page is produced with generative AI tools and reviewed by the author. It is illustrative, not documentary photography of finished dishes. How these images were made.