Satay and Ketupat

Satay or sate is another famous Malay delicacy in Malaysia. It consists of slices of dice-sized meat on skewers made of bamboo or coconut leaf spine. These dices of meat are then barbecued over wood or charcoal fire and served with spicy peanut gravy which the local people called as kuah. As for the type of meat used, the most commonly found versions are the chicken, goat and beef. There are also chicken, fish, rabbit and deer meat but those are quite rare. The taste depends on the type of meat used but most of them have a kind of turmeric taste which is used to marinate the meat dices. Other side dishes which can be found with satay are onions, cucumbers and ketupat which are rice dumplings wrapped in woven pouches made of palm leaf. If you are interested in this delicacy, you just need to go to any local open-air food outlets, and you will most likely be able to find it due to its overwhelming popularity.