Hawker Recipes

While you work on these hawker recipes at home, why not observe the way hawkers do it and borrow a few tips from them - who knows, you may well discover your own style of cooking delicious hawker food. You will be spoiled for choice if you head to Malaysia (Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur) and Singapore because they have the best hawker food in Southeast Asia, so don't leave before you sample some of the city's specialties. Hawker food is simple, satisfying and easy on the wallet - not to mention delicious. Residents consider themselves true aficionados, so trust them implicitly if they recommend their favorite stall. Otherwise, follow the crowd, and order away.

1. Bak Kut Teh

2. Bubor Cha Cha

3. Bubor Pulut Hitam

4. Char Koay Teow - The quintessential fried noodles served with bean sprouts, cockles and assorted ingredients.

5. Chee Cheong Fun

6. Chendol

7. Curry Laksa - Soup with noodles, lemongrass, coconut milk, prawns

8. Laksa Bihun (Vermicelli)

9. Fish Head Curry

10. Fried Carrot Cake - This is made of white radishes steamed and fried with egg and pickled turnip. "Kueh" means cake

11. Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles

12. Fried Kway Teow - Flar rice noodles fried with cockles, prawns, eggs and bean sprouts

13. Fried Mee Hoon

14. Fried Oyster Omelette - (Oh Chien)

15. Fried Yellow Noodles

16. Gado Gado

17. Hainanese Chicken Rice

18. Hokkien Mee - Prawn based noodle soup with thick yellow noodles and vermicelli fried with pork, prawns, bean sprouts and chili paste in a thick, rich gravy.

19. Lam Mee

20. Loh Bak

21. Lontong

22. Malaysian Char Kway Teow (Fried Rice Noodles)

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1. Mee Goreng

2. Singapore Spicy Noodles (Mee Goreng)

3. Mee Rebus

4. Mee Siam - Rice vermicelli fried with chili and prawns and served in a sweet-sour gravy.

5. Nasi Beriani

6. Nasi Lemak with Sambal Prawn - A favorite rice dish accompanied by anchovies, cucumber and sambal

7. Penang Assam (Asam) Laksa

8. Otak Otak

9. Rojak - a sweet and savory fruit salad mixed with prawn paste and ground peanuts

10. Satay

11. Tauhu Goreng

12. Tau Suan

13. Wonton Mee