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It is commonly known that Nyonya cuisines are fusion dishes from Chinese cooking, Malay cooking and Thai cooking.

This characteristic is obvious in some of the recipes.

The Nyonya Black Fungus Salad or Kerabu Bok Nee is a typical example as Bok Nee (black fungus) is a very traditional Chinese ingredient, grated coconut, ginger bud (bunga kantan) and sambal belachan are popular ingredients used in Malay cooking and the sweet and sour finishing touch is very much of Thai style.

This combination of different cooking culture although simple to prepare, is a wonderful appetizer that stimulate your taste bud.

Nyonya Black Fungus Salad Recipe

More Nyonya Recipes

Assam babi means sour pork in a Malay, being fusion food or mixture of Chinese and Malay cooking culture, it is not surprise to find pork cook in Malay style in Nyonya cuisine.
Ingredients
600g pork (belly part, cut into serving size)
200g potatoes wedges (prefried)
6 slices of dried tamarind (assam keping)
2 pcs of pandan leaves (tied into knot)
4 pcs lime leaves (daun limau perut)
1 stalk sliced bunga kantan (torch ginger flower)
8 tbsp cooking oil
4 cups water
1 cup thick coconut milk
sugar and salt to taste             (more…)