In this episode of Street Food Journeys: Malaysia, acclaimed Malaysian restaurateur and chef Dato’ Ismail Ahmad shows us how to make Laksa Johor; a unique dish that is nothing like what most of the world recognises as “laksa”.
Much like cereal prawns, an overwhelming number of online searches for “kerisik” yield misinformed recipes (what I like to call Fake Food News) for this Malaysian rendang ingredient. For the last time, kerisik is not toasted desiccated coconut; it’s roasted creamed coconut, sometimes called “coconut butter”. Kerisik INGREDIENT: Block of creamed coconut METHOD: Cook the…
Day 2 – Coconut Milk, Coconut Cream, Thick and Thin Coconut Milk, Creamed Coconut and Kerisik I’ve covered this topic to some extent in a previous blog post so check that out for the recipe for making your own coconut milk. In this Periscope broadcast, I reveal – what Malaysian recipes mean by thick and thin…