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Mamak Rojak

main dish | Malaysia, Mamak, Singapore
Mamak Rojak
Mamak Rojak

other names: Pasembor, Pasembur

salad with vegetables, egg and prawn fritters topped with a thick spicy-sweet peanut sauce

Mamak Rojak is known in the northern part of peninsula Malaysia as Pasembor.

key ingredients:
fried dough fritters, boiled potatoes, prawn fritters, hard boiled eggs, bean curds, bean sprouts and cucumber, peanuts sauce

Where to find?:
Mamak stalls, road side stalls

related entry: » Pasembor
salad with vegetables and prawn fritters topped with a thick spicy-sweet peanut sauce ... more

Wikipedia Wikipedia says:
In Malaysia, mamak rojak (or Pasembur) contains fried dough fritters, bean curds, boiled potatoes, prawn fritters, hard boiled eggs, bean sprouts, and cucumber mixed with a sweet thick, spicy peanut sauce. Traditionally, Tamil Muslim (Mamak) rojak vendors used modified sidecar motorcycles as preparation counters and to peddle their rojak. These mobile vendors now use modified mini trucks. The Pasembor available in Singapore is an assortment of potatoes, eggs, bean curd (tofu), and prawns fried in batter, served with a sweet and spicy chili sauce. In Penang, where it is very famous, it is always called pasembor, but in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore it is called rojak. ... read the whole article

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