Glutton's Corner

Asam Pedas is a type of Malay cuisine that is famous in Malacca and Johor. Usually, the must-have ingredients consist of fish (usually swordfish, mackerel, red fish and porcupine fish), dried chilies, shallots, garlic, belacan, ginger, galangal, live turmeric (if you want to add more flavor to the food) , lemongrass, kesum leaves, kantan flowers, tamarind, gelugur tamarind or kaffir lime leaves. Spicy tamarind variations also differ depending on the place. Fish pickles are more popular in settlements near the sea where seafood is readily available in abundance, cheap and fresh. However, asam pedas meat and chicken are also popular in some places and usually rely on readily available raw materials.