Malaysian Garlic Recipes

Malaysian cuisine — Laksa, nasi lemak, char kway teow — a vibrant fusion of Malay, Chinese and Indian flavours — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Malaysian cooks work with garlic, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, frying, boiling and stir-frying.

The aromatic foundation of savoury cooking almost everywhere — pungent raw, sweet and mellow when cooked. In this collection it's most often cooked with lemongrass, onion, coconut milk, fine sea salt, shallots and rice. The dishes here span malaysian classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

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