Malaysian Noodles 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 noodles, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are frying, simmering, stir-frying and boiling.

From wheat to rice to egg, noodles are the slurpable heart of soups, stir-fries and saucy bowls across Asia and beyond. In this collection it's most often cooked with bean sprouts, eggs, garlic, garlic minced, lard or vegetable oil and light soy sauce. The dishes here span malaysian classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.