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What to eat in Malaysia? Top 6 Malaysian Stir-fry Dishes

Last update: Wed Jan 29 2025
Top 6 Malaysian Stir-fry Dishes
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Stir-fry

MALAYSIA and  one more region
4.3
Beef kway teow
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Beef kway teow is a Singaporean and Malaysian noodle dish that can be served either as a quick meal or as a side dish to bigger meals. In order to prepare it, broad and flat rice noodles are stir-fried with vegetables and herbs, and topped with slices of beef.


There is also a version of this dish in a form of a soup similar to Thai beef soup, but it is usually prepared as a "dry" dish, in a thick gravy flavored with chili, soy sauce, and sesame oil. A variety of the dish is popular in Indonesia, where it’s commonly enriched with garlic, meatballs, cabbage, soy sauce, and black pepper.

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Sambal kangkong is a traditional vegetable dish originating from Malaysia. The dish is usually made with a combination of water spinach (kangkong) and sambal chili paste that consists of hot peppers, garlic, shallots, salt, oil, and dried shrimps.


The sambal chili paste is fried in a wok in vegetable oil until fragrant. The water spinach is chopped and stir-fried in the same wok until wilted. The dish is seasoned with salt, and it’s then served immediately, while still hot.

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Stir-fry

MALAYSIA and  2 more regions
4.1
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Nasi goreng kampung is a traditional nasi goreng (fried rice) variety originating from Malaysia, but it's also popular in Singapore and Indonesia. Although there are many recipes, it's usually made with a combination of rice, onions, shallots, garlic, chili peppers, anchovies, oil, water spinach, eggs, and salt.


The onions, shallots, garlic, and hot peppers are puréed and fried with the anchovies in oil. The rice, eggs, and water spinach are added to the pan and the dish is stir-fried for a few minutes before it's served hot. Nasi goreng kampung (countryside-style fried rice) is usually garnished with tomato or cucumber slices and a few dried anchovies on top.

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Stir-fry

MALAYSIA and  2 more regions
3.8
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Nasi goreng kambing is a traditional nasi goreng (fried rice) variety originating from Malaysia, but it's also popular in Singapore and Indonesia. Although there are many versions, the dish is usually made with a combination of rice, minced mutton, carrots, shallots, garlic, cucumbers, ginger, chili peppers, oil, curry leaves, lime leaves, shrimp paste, fish sauce, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, white vinegar, sugar, tomatoes, eggs, and salt.


The shallots, chili peppers, garlic, and shrimp paste are blended, fried in oil, and mixed with the herbs, salt, and fish sauce. The mutton and rice are then added to the pan and the dish is stir-fried for a few minutes before it's garnished with tomato slices and sometimes a fried egg.

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Stir-fry

MALAYSIA and  3 more regions
3.5
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Nasi goreng USA is a traditional fried rice dish that's popular in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. This variation of nasi goreng is distinguished by the additional ingredients accompanying fried rice such as chicken, squid, prawns, tomatoes, cucumbers, and sometimes fried eggs.


One of the basic nasi goreng USA versions is usually made with a combination of rice, oil, garlic, ginger, chicken, prawns, squid, sambal, hot peppers, onions, tomatoes, oyster sauce, soy sauce, white pepper, carrots, and cucumbers. The ingredients are sautéed and stir-fried to perfection, and the dish is then garnished with tomato and cucumber slices.

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Stir-fry

MALAYSIA and  3 more regions
3.5
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Chai tow kway is a traditional dish originating from Chaoshan. The dish usually consists of radish cake (also known as turnip cake) that’s cut into cubes and stir-fried with eggs and seasonings. Radish cake is made with a combination of shredded daikon, rice flour, and water.


Chai tow kway can also be steamed and pan-fried, and the dish is typically garnished with scallions before serving. It’s also popular in countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, where it’s a part of Teochew people cuisine.


In Singapore, the dish is also made in two versions – white (no soy sauce) and black (made with sweet soy sauce). 

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