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Posted: 25 May 2014 08:21 AM PDT
Oleh KHAIRUNNISA SULAIMAN
MALAYSIA boleh dikatakan syurga makanan. Pelbagai jenis makanan lazat sama ada tradisional, Timur atau Barat semuanya boleh dinikmati dengan mudah di negara ini sama ada di gerai, restoran sehingga restoran lima bintang. Makanan boleh dikatakan punca pelbagai penyakit. Tetapi adakah makanan tradisional memberikan mudarat kepada kesiha-
tan? Makanan tradisional seperti rendang, masak lemak, kari, asam pedas, keropok, kerepek, pulut panggang, seri muka, kuih lopes - sekadar menyebut beberapa menu - biasanya diadun dengan bahan seperti santan, kelapa, gula, pulut, sagu, garam dan serbuk perasa secara berlebihan bagi mendapatkan rasa yang enak serta membuka selera.
Bahan-bahan berkenaan biasanya menyebabkan pelbagai penyakit seperti diabetes, darah tinggi atau jantung jika diambil secara berlebihan tanpa kawalan.
Pegawai Penyelidik Kanan, Pusat Penyelidikan Teknologi Makanan, Sains Makanan dan Keselamatan Makanan, Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI) Umi Kalsum Hussain Zaki berkata, masyarakat Melayu sejak lama dulu mengambil nasi sebagai makanan asasi atau ruji tetapi tidak mendatangkan banyak masalah.
"Kajian menunjukkan masalahnya bukan terletak kepada karbohidrat tetapi cara dan kuantiti makanan diambil," katanya semasa ditemui di pejabatnya baru-baru ini.
Menurutnya, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) mempunyai carta pemakanan atau piramid makanan sebagai panduan bagi masyarakat untuk menjadi lebih sihat.
Umi Kalsum berkata, biasanya kita melihat makanan tradisional Melayu tidak seimbang dan tidak mengikut keperluan badan.
"Apa yang penting kita perlu mengambil nasi atau apa juga makanan dengan kuantiti yang sesuai dengan usia, jantina dan aktiviti seseorang. Misalnya seorang kanak-kanak memerlukan karbohidrat dan protein yang tinggi berbanding dengan mereka yang kurang menggunakan tenaga," katanya.
Misalnya mengenai makanan segera, Umi Kalsum menjelaskan, tiada larangan asalkan tidak keterlaluan dan hadkan hanya dua kali sebulan.
"Tapi jangan sesekali tinggalkan sarapan pagi kerana makanan diperlukan untuk membakar lemak, dan semasa berpuasa jangan sesekali meninggalkan sahur," katanya.
Akan tetapi jelas Umi Kalsum, amat sukar sebagai pengguna menentukan berapa kalori yang kita ambil dalam makanan yang kita makan. Berapa kalori dalam semangkuk nasi? Atau berapa kalori terdapat dalam sepinggan mi goreng atau nasi lemak? Adakah kalori yang diambil sesuai dengan keperluan seharian?
"Sebagai pengguna, kita hanya boleh membuat anggaran kalori yang diambil. Dan apa yang penting, kita seimbangkan apa yang kita makan setiap hari," katanya.
Umi Kalsum mengambil contoh, sate yang dihidangkan dengan bawang dan timun amat baik kerana sate yang dibakar menghasilkan agen pengoksidaan manakala bawang dan timun adalah anti oksida. Ini adalah keseimbangan.
"Masyarakat dahulu walaupun mereka mengambil santan, gula dan garam berlebihan dalam makanan, mereka menyeimbangkannya melalui mengambil ulam-ulaman dengan banyak serta membuat kerja berat seperti bersawah dan berkebun.
"Gaya hidup masyarakat sekarang tidak memerlukan banyak tenaga seperti mereka yang bekerja di pejabat menyebabkan mereka menyimpan banyak tenaga dalam badan dan menjadi lemak dan gula.
"Ini menyumbang kepada obesiti dan pelbagai penyakit kronik lain seperti diabetes, darah tinggi dan jantung," katanya.
Seelok-eloknya kawal pemakanan tetapi jangan sampai menahan lapar dan membiarkan badan dalam keadaan kelaparan.
Gula dalam makanan akan dibebaskan menjadi tenaga dan kandungan gula dalam badan dikira dengan indeks glisemik.
Apabila gula dalam darah adalah tinggi, ini akan menyebabkan diabetes dan pesakit memerlukan diet yang berbeza.
Menyentuh tentang makanan tambahan atau suplemen, Umi Kalsum berkata, jika badan mendapat makanan berkhasiat, suplemen tidak diperlukan.
"Seelok-eloknya ambil bahan semula jadi. Jika selesema selain mengambil vitamin C, apa kata gantikan dengan memakan limau.
"Lagipun vitamin yang berlebihan akan dibuang melalui air kencing," katanya.
Selain itu lakukan senaman dua hingga tiga kali seminggu.
"Anda tidak perlu ke gimnasium kerana kerja rumah juga adalah senaman ringan yang boleh mengeluarkan peluh dan membakar lemak," katanya.
Umi Kalsum menyarankan masyarakat mengubah gaya cara pemakanan secara beransur-ansur. Misalnya menggantikan roti biasa dengan roti gandum.
"Bagi mereka yang beragama Islam pula, amalkan berpuasa sunat Isnin dan Khamis bagi menyeimbangkan makanan yang diambil. Jika makan lebih, banyakkan senaman.
"Seelok-eloknya masak di rumah dan bawa bekal ke pejabat sebab makanan yang dimasak sendiri lebih bersih dan berkhasiat," katanya.
Ujarnya lagi, makanan tradisional tidak mengundang penyakit jika ia diambil secara seimbang.
Perniagaan <b>Makanan Tradisional di Malaysia</b> | Usahawan.com
Posted: 26 Apr 2013 02:15 AM PDT
Kepelbagaian penduduk seperti yang terdapat di negara kita, telah menghasilkan gabungan budaya Malaysia yang agak unik. Jumlah kaum terbesar di Malaysia adalah kaum Melayu, Cina dan India dan setiap kaum di Malaysia ini mempunyai makanan tradisional mereka sendiri. Penyatuan pelbagai hidangan ini telah menjadi salah satu faktor untuk menarik pelancong asing datang ke Malaysia.
Pada zaman ini, sektor perindustrian diberikan tumpuan yang sepenuhmya sebagai penjana ekonomi negara. Namun tanpa kita sedari, industri tradisional khususnya industri makanan juga mampu meningkatkan ekonomi negara. Industri ini berpotensi tinggi untuk dimajukan dan dijangka dapat memberi banyak sumbangan dalam ekonomi negara. Jika industri tradisional ini dimajukan, sudah tentu peluang pekerjaan juga akan lebih terbuka dan seterusnya taraf kehidupan penduduk dapat ditingkatkan.
Dodol – Hidayah Cookies
Dodol adalah sejenis makanan kaum Melayu yang kebiasaannya dihidangkan ketika sambutan Aidilfitri. Namun kini, dodol telah dikomersilkan dan boleh didapati di negara ini pada hari-hari biasa. Walau bagaimanapun bagi sesetengah pihak, dodol dilihat seperti kian terpinggir dan kurang dikenali oleh generasi muda pada zaman sekarang.
Cerita kejayaan Hidayah Cookies pernah diterbitkan dalam akhbar tempatan. Pengasasnya, Cik Sarimah Jantan telah mengambil keputusan untuk menceburi bidang perusahan dodol dek disebabkan kegemarannya terhadap dodol itu sendiri. Keistimewaan dodol keluarannya adalah terletak pada cara ia dimasak. Isi dodol yang lemak dan mempunyai kandungan gula seimbang, serta memiliki daya tahan yang tinggi agar tidak mudah dihinggapi kulat.
Cik Sarimah membulatkan tekad nya. Beliau mengambil keputusan untuk menyertai kursus dan bengkel anjuran Jabatan Pertanian Serdang pada 2004, khusus untuk mempelajari asas pembuatan dodol yang terbaik. Azamnya hanya satu, untuk berjaya sebagai usahawan makanan tradisional dan membuang persepsi masyarakat, bahawa dodol hanya sesuai dimakan ketika musim perayaan sahaja. Setelah modal yang dikumpul mencukupi, setahun kemudian, beliau telah memulakan perusahaan dodol secara komersil.
Halangan yang utama dalam bidang penjualan dodol ini adalah minat orang ramai itu sendiri terhadap makanan ini. Pelbagai strategi pemasaran telah dilakukan, termasuk memasarkan produk ini di pasaran sekolah, kilang dan pejabat sekitar Selangor. Selain itu, Hidayah Cookies juga akan menyertai ekspo dan pameran anjuran pelbagai agensi kerajaan di seluruh negara.
Segala usaha an penat lelah yang dilaburkan akhirnya terubat. Kejayaan demi kejayaan berjaya dikecapi oleh Hidayah Cookies. Contohnya, pada tahun 2006, dodol keluaran Hidayah Cookies telah dipilih sebagai dodol terbaik pada Hari Penternak, Petani dan Nelayan peringkat Selangor (HPPN). Dodolnya juga turut merangkul anugerah dodol terbaik HPPN Kebangsaan (2007), anugerah dodol kedua terbaik di Pameran Pertanian, Hortikultur dan Agro Pelancongan Malaysia (MAHA) 2008 dan 2010. Untuk memantapkan lagi keluaran dodol Hidayah Cookies. Pelbagai perisa dodol telah dihasilkan untuk pasaran tempatan. Perisa-perisa itu adalah seperti perisa asli, durian, nangka dan labu. Untuk MAHA 2012, beliau telah menghasilkan dua lagi produk dodol iaitu dodol nanas dan dodol bijan. Kualiti produk juga dipantau agar bertambah baik daripada masa ke masa. Pembungkusan dodol juga dibuat dengan menarik dan saiznya lebih kecil untuk memudahkan pembeli membawa dodol itu kemana sahaja.
Secara purata, Hidayah Cookies menghasilkan sebanyak lima kawah dodol dalam tempoh satu hari. Setiap kawah pula mampu menghasilkan dodol seberat 15 kilogram. Pada kebiasaannya, permintaan dodol akan meningkat pada musim perayaan.
Perancangan masa hadapannya, sudah tentu beliau ingin terus maju dalam bidang perniagaan makanan tradisionalnya dan seterusnya dapat membesarkan kilangnya yang sedia ada.
Kuih Bakul – Kuih Tradisional Masyarakat Cina
Menjelang musim perayaan sambutan Tahun Baru Cina, sudah tentu pengusaha kuih bakul di Malaysia tidak menang tangan menyiapkan tempahan daripada pelanggan mereka. Begitu lah rezeki yang diperoleh oleh Ngan Chea Khong, 62, dan isterinya Tan Chu Chu, 53, pengusaha kuih bakul tradisional sejak 30 tahun dahulu. Kata Ngan, masyarakat Cina akan menghidangkan kuih bakul sebagai salah satu hidangan utama ketika menyambut tahun baru.
Kebiasaannya, beliau akan menggunakan dua dapur kayu api untuk mengukus kuih bakul itu. Penggunaan dapur kayu api melazatkan lagi rasa kuih bakul itu. Kuih bakul ini akan dikukus selama dua puluh jam dengan api yang sederhana untuk mendapatkan warna kuning keemasan. Bahan utama kuih bakul adalah tepung pulut yang dicampur dengan gula pasir dan diadun mengikut kaedah tradisional yang jarang ditunjukkan kepada sesiapa. Untuk memberi lebih aroma kepada kuih bakul itu, Ngan menggunakan daun pisang untuk membungkus kuih bakul, namun kini kebanyakan pengusaha telah beralih kepada penggunaan plastik untuk membungkus kuih bakul tadi.
Terdapat beberapa 'pantang-larang' yang perlu dipatuhi ketika memasak kuih bakul. Antaranya, wanita yang memasak kuih bakul harus bersih daripada haid. Mereka juga dilarang bercakap perkataan kotor bimbang kuih bakul akan menjadi tidak masak.
Muruku dan Kacang Putih – Makanan Kegemaran Pelbagai Kaum
Kampung Kacang Putih, itu lah nama sebuah kampung di Perak yang terkenal dalam kalangan penduduk tempatan dan luar dengan perusahaan turun temurun makanan tradisi itu sejak 30 tahun lampau. Kampung ini mempunyai lebih daripada 15 pengusaha komersial murukku dan kekacang yang membekalkan makanan ringan itu ke seluruh negeri. Kampung ini akan mula menjadi tumpuan pengunjung terutama pada musim perayaan bagi membeli makanan kudapan itu.
Selain kacang putih, kudapan lain yang dihasil dan dijual di kampung itu ialah pelbagai jenis murukku antaranya bintang, kari, pakoda, omom dan kadalai serta daripada jenis kekacang seperti kacang kari dan kacang peas. Pelbagai jenis kerepek juga ada disini, seperti ubi kayu, pisang dan sayur. Murukku adalah makanan tradisional kaum India Malaysia yang resepi nya berasal dari India Selatan. Murukku sememangnya terkenal sebagai bahan kudapan, makanan ringan yang sedap, rangup dan senang dibuat dan murah kosnya. Murukku diperbuat daripada tepung kacang tosai/Urad dhal dan tepung beras. Perasanya bergantung kepada citarasa penggemar seperti yang asli atau pun yang pedas mengunakan serbuk cili.
Murukku dan kekacang yang dihasilkannya disini mendapat permintaan tinggi, termasuk daripada orang Melayu dan masyarakat lain, kata salah seorang pengusaha, C. Ratnasami, 65. "Kaum India biasaanya beli janggree, pal kuah, bunthee, laddu, alvaa, mysore pal dan clebee manakala produk kekacang yang menjadi permintaan kaum Melayu dan masyarakat lain ialah kacang campuran, kacang putih, omom dan muruku," katanya lagi. Bagi salah seorang pengusaha, R.Ponutturan, 43, beliau kebiasaanya akan menghasilkan 300 kilogram murukku dan kekacang sehari. Pada musim perayaan, pengeluaran akan bertambah bergantung kepada permintaan daripada pelanggan. Produk murukku hasil daripada Kampung Kacang Putih turut diedar kepada pemborong di negeri lain seperti Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Johor Baharu.
Inovasi Mesin Untuk Menggandakan Pengeluaran
Setiap kali menjelang musim perayaan, kuih-muih tradisional memang menjadi pilihan walaupun pembuatannya agak sukar. Permintaan terhadap kuih-muih tradisional seperti rempeyek, baulu, kuih ros, karas dan lemang juga semakin meningkat. Pembuatan secara manual biasanya tidak dapat menampung permintaan tersebut.
Pihak MARDI di bawah Pusat Mekanisasi dan Automasi telah mereka cipta pelbagai jenis mesin dan peralatan bagi menghasilkan makanan tradisional seperti lemang, emping, kuih karas, rempeyek, kuih ros, tabaloi, baulu cermai, cakar ayam, keropok lekor, sate, batang buruk, biji rotan, karipap, mesin mengekstrak isi durian dan jus buah-buahan. Mesin-mesin ini direka untuk memudahkan usahawan industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS) memenuhi permintaan pembeli terutama pada musim perayaan.
Terkini, MARDI telah menghasilkan tiga lagi produk untuk membangunkan IKS tempatan iaitu mesin memproses kuih tradisional empat dalam satu yang mampu menghasilkan empat jenis kuih tradisional dengan hanya menggantikan acuan, mesin menggoreng keropok mudah susun dan mesin serba guna bagi mengekstrak sitrus dan mengasing biji benih cili.
Pereka ternama tanah air, Zulkifli Haron, 52, daripada syarikat Zull Design Autotronic juga mampu menghasilkan mesin dan peralatan untuk membuat kuih-muih tradisional dan moden. Perkara ini diakui sendiri oleh Puan Zaharani Abu Bakar yang telah bertemu dengan Zulkifli sendiri. Setelah perbincangan dibuat, dan segala kemahuan Puan Zaharani direkodkan, Zulkifli telah menghasilkan Mesin Memproses Pelbagai Kuih (Mepek).
Mepek yang dihasilkan Zull Design itu dijana kuasa angin (pneumatik) yang dihasilkan daripada pemampat elektrik yang dibekalkan bersama mesin tersebut, mampu memudahkan tugas menghasilkan produk kuih muih tradisional dan moden. Mesin yang berupaya memproses kuih seperti semperit, tart nanas dan muruku, memerlukan dua pekerja. Pekerja pertama akan memasukkan adunan kuih dan yang kedua pula akan mengawal mesin tersebut sehingga mendapat bentuk kuih yang dikehendaki. Menurut Puan Zaharani, dengan menggunakan mesin ini, beliau mampu menghasilkan kira-kira 30,000 biji kuih sebulan, sekali gus dapat menjimatkan masa dan tenaga pekerjanya dan mengurangkan harga jualan. Daripada aspek kualiti pula, produk makanan yang dihasilkan juga kurang berminyak, kualitinya terjaga dan rasanya juga lebih enak.
Kesimpulan
Pada zaman yang serba moden ini, makanan tradisional di Malaysia ada kalanya seperti 'mati' atau pun telah ditinggalkan. Oleh itu, setiap usaha untuk menghidupkan semula perniagaan makanan tradisional yang terdapat di Malaysia haruslah disokong oleh setiap lapisan masyarakat, tidak mengira bangsa dan juga kaum. Kerajaan Malaysia juga nyata turut memberi sokongan yang berterusan terhadap industri penghasilan makanan tradisional dengan mengambil beberapa langkah untuk membantu usahawan dan industri kecil (IKS) dalam perniagaan makanan tradisional. Galakan dalam bentuk dana kewangan dan kursus kemahiran diberikan khusus untuk membantu usahawan ini dalam menjalankan perniagaan mereka.
Peranan media massa juga dilihat sangat penting dalam usaha kita mengekalkan industri makanan tradisional ini. Media massa boleh membantu melakukan promosi dan mewar-warkan perihal makanan tradisional ini. Media massa seperti media elektronik amat sesuai dengan pemikiran generasi muda sekarang, dan dilihat sebagai medium yang paling baik untuk mendekati golongan muda. Adalah sesuatu yang menakutkan sekiranya generasi akan datang lupa atau tidak tahu langsung cara penyediaan makanan tradisional golongan terdahulu atau juadah popular zaman nenek moyang kita.
Semoga dengan memberi sokongan dan galakan terhadap perniagaan makanan tradisional ini akan dapat menaikkan kembali zaman kegemilangan makanan tradisional ini. Yakin Boleh
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NEW YORK – Pameran New York Fancy Food Show (NYFFS) selama tiga hari yang berakhir pada Selasa, menyediakan peluang baik kepada syarikat makanan Malaysia untuk mempamerkan produk mereka kepada komuniti pengimport dan peruncit yang mahu mendapatkan keperluan produk makanan mereka dari Amerika Syarikat dan juga seluruh dunia.
Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria, Pengarah Pejabat Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (Matrade) di New York memberi tahu Bernama bahawa
NYFFS merupakan "pameran yang baik tahun ini" dan lapan pempamer Malaysia yang menyertai pameran itu memperoleh maklum balas dan prospek perniagaan yang memberangsangkan.
"Ini merupakan kali pertama kami menyertai New York Fancy Food Show di bawah Malaysia Kitchen Programme (MTP). Kedua-dua pempamer Malaysia dan juga pembeli tempatan memberikan maklum balas positif kepada kami.
"Malahan, kami menerima pengunjung dari luar AS seperti China, Timur Tengah, dan lain-lain yang mengunjungi gerai pameran Malaysia," katanya.
Pempamer Malaysia memperoleh hubungan baik dengan pembeli dan antara pempamer yang mencatatkan prestasi amat baik ialah Perfect Food dari Melaka dan Roselle Farms dari Selangor.
Perfect Food yang mengeluarkan biskut jenama "Julie's" mahu menembusi pasaran perdana di AS dan pengarahnya Martin Ang berkata syarikat itu telah menerima beberapa pertanyaan perniagaan yang baik yang boleh diterjemahkan menjadi tempahan sangat besar.
Syarikat itu yang jenama biskut Julie'snya telah bertapak kukuh di Asia, Timur Tengah dan Afrika, sedang mengkaji trend terbaharu di pasaran AS di mana para pengguna Amerika semakin peka kepada makanan yang sihat.
"Kami menawarkan produk makanan yang dihargai oleh pengguna yang prihatin kepada kesihatan seperti biskut oat kami yang mendapat permintaan baik di sini," kata Ang.
"Pameran seperti ini juga menyediakan wadah pembelajaran bagi syarikat Malaysia dan menyediakan pendedahan kepada kaedah pembungkusan pembekal lain, teknik pemasaran mereka, standard kualiti dan lain-lain. Ini boleh membantu syarikat Malaysia meningkatkan eksport mereka ke AS," kata Ang.
Frank Tam, pengarah urusan Roselle Farms dari Shah Alam, syarikat yang menawarkan pelbagai produk berasaskan bunga raya menyifatkan penyertaan syarikatnya sebagai "amat bagus".
"Kami menerima sambutan yang sangat baik di pameran ini. Kami memperoleh 75 bakal pelanggan dan 50 pertanyaan serius yang akan membawa kepada perniagaan," kata Tam.
Tam berkata pengguna Amerika menerima produk Roselle Farms yang semula jadi dan tidak menggunakan bahan kimia.
"Makanan semula jadi dan organik semakin popular di AS. Pameran ini menjadi pembuka mata bagi kami dan mencerminkan trend dalam pasaran makanan AS," katanya.
Sementara itu Christine Chye, pengarah pembangunan perniagaan Kampong Kravers Sdn Bhd dari Petaling Jaya yang menawarkan pelbagai makanan seperti karipap dan pai antara lainnya, terkejut dengan sambutan dan minat daripada pembeli Amerika.
"Pengguna Amerika adalah antara yang paling boleh menerima makanan Asia," katanya sambil menambah beliau malahan menerima pertanyaan daripada pembeli Caribbean.
Menurut Chye, produk-produk syarikat itu juga telah dieksport ke China, Hong Kong dan Singapura antara lainnya.
Hernan Corp Sdn Bhd dari Selangor, yang turut menyertai pameran itu memiliki ladang durian sendiri di Pahang dan mengeksport durian sejuk beku ke AS, Australia, New Zealand, Perancis dan United Kingdom.
Syarikat itu juga menerima pertanyaan perniagaan yang menggalakkan di pameran tersebut dari pembeli AS yang juga berminat mengimport nangka dari Malaysia.
"Saya menerima jumlah tempahan tiga kontena durian sejuk beku dan nangka," kata Anna Teo, pengarah urusan Hernan, yang mendedahkan kepada Bernama bahawa beliau telah menjalankan penyelidikan menyeluruh bagi memastikan import mereka mematuhi peraturan Jabatan Makanan dan Pertanian AS.
Muhd Shahrulmiza berkata satu daripada ciri yang menarik pengunjung ke pavilion Malaysia ialah demonstrasi secara langsung makanan Malaysia dan beliau gembira makanan Malaysia menjadi tumpuan utama apabila sebilangan besar pengunjung mahu merasai makanan tersebut. – BERNAMA
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The prominent London-based free market 'think tank', the Institute of Economic Affairs, has been put in an embarrassing position over an apparent conflict of interest, thanks to remarks by Sarawak's Deputy Chief Minister, Alfred Jabu.
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The report, entitled reflects the arguments of the MPOC and praises the Malaysian palm oil industry, claiming it "has a good record with regards to sustainability":
"Certainly, some loss of forest and wildlife habitat has occurred as a result of the expansion of agriculture, including oil palm, in Malaysia, but the extent of this loss appears to have been exaggerated. The majority of palm oil plantations are located on the Malaysian mainland peninsula – nowhere near the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo where the Borneo orang-utans are to be found. Over 50 per cent of Malaysia's land area remains under forest cover and many areas are given full protection against logging"[IEA Report, October 2013]
Massive deforestation – the reality of Sarawak's oil palm industry
The author of the report, which clearly defies all the known evidence about this most rapidly deforested area on the planet, is a member of the Institute's own Editorial Board, Keith Boyfield, who told Sarawak Report that the entire report was commissioned by the IEA, which published it as a 'discussion paper'.
Yet Boyfield, who operates his own consultancy, has enjoyed two recent trips to Sarawak, funded by none other than the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).
Not only that, it turns out that Boyfield was accompanied on at least one of these occasions by senior staff of the IEA, including the chief operating officer, Glynn Brailsford, who also enjoyed the hospitality of the MOPC.
And their chief host on these trips? None other than Boyfield's fellow panellist at the IEA event, Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu, the Chairman of the controversial SALCRA (Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority)!
Keith's Malaysian Government host Alfred Jabu enjoying a platform at the IEA with the launch of its 'research paper' on palm oil
Only natural!
Boyfield has confirmed to Sarawak Report that his trip was funded by the Malaysian Government:
"We got an invitation from the Malaysian Government….They [the MPOC] certainly were responsible for organising some of it. That was the background. The study was commissioned by the IEA"
When informed that there have been a number of PR drives of this nature by the MPOC, Boyfield appeared to contradict the IEA's ethical guidelines, which bann government sponsorship and tied funding, saying:
"Well that's only natural!"
He also confirmed he was hosted and escorted by SALCRA to their own plantations. SALCRA has forced thousands of native customary land owners into statutory 'joint ventures' with the state government to grow palm oil with highly controversial outcomes.
The trip in April 2012 was variously described in Sarawak's government controlled media as a "press trip" (Borneo Post), a trip of "international experts" (Star) and as "a visit by an 8 member delegation of the IEA" (Sarawak Monitor)
Hearing SALCRA's side of the story – but was this genuine or "tied" research? [The Star Archive]
Rock solid rules on 'tied funding'
These visits and links to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council by the author of the report and "fellow" of the IEA clearly breech the purpose of the Institute's own "rock solid rules" against any "tied funding" to research or government sponsorship, as explained by a spokeswoman for the Institute this week:
"in terms of our funding we don't take any tied money, so the paper would have been commissioned purely on the merit of the work that is in it. And again we don't accept any money from government or government agencies"
Responding to our queries, the spokeswoman admitted that given the clear involvement of the MPOC and Jabu in Boyfield's research and the IEA's own compromising links, "it is a very complex and inter-twined matter".
She added "I understand obviously that it may be the case that the conclusions in Keith's paper aren't necessarily a true reflection of how things are, and that may well be to do with a number of other factors, but in terms of the relations we have, we did not take any tied money".
Posing as representatives of SALCRO "smallholders" at the IEA
It is a weak position to take and the Institute's will have been further embarrassed by the fact that Jabu and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council have not hesitated to extract maximum positive PR from both the IEA visits to Borneo and the resulting return trip to London to launch the IEA's positive report on Malaysia's record.
'Native smallholders' flown to the UK
To take advantage of the IEA event the MPOC flew over three "Sarawak smallholders" to join Alfred Jabu on stage.
The MPOC named the trio on their promotional 'faces of palm oil' Facebook page, as Thomas Lamit, Rebecca Lambet and Briku Busang.
All three dressed up in tribal costume for the evening, in order to present themselves to the British onlookers as delighted native beneficiaries of the SALCRA 'joint venture' programmes.
Later, the same trio dressed in ordinary clothes, posed outside the Houses of Parliament to record a You Tube video, in which they took turns to condemn NGOs and to boast how they now have new homes and cars, thanks to oil palm and SALCRA.
This video, entitled 'Human Faces of Palm Oil', was sponsored by SALCRA and the MPOC. In it the lead speaker claims, untruthfully, that "palm oil cultivation in Sarawak is done on land already cleared long ago, so there is no destruction of forest".
Malaysian Government funded this "smallholder's" trip to the UK to attend the IEA event and produce promotional material on oil palm
In the same video Rebecca Lambet describes her own family's rich new lifestyle, including multiple car ownership.
These are circumstances that bear little relation to the reality of life for most dirt poor Dayaks living on SALCRA plantations.
Furthermore, these PR friendly "smallholders'" are noticeably advanced English-speakers, considering they are supposed to be rural folk.
Despite the IEA's attempt to distance themselves from "tied funding" these 'faces of palm oil' clearly had their trip funded by the Malaysian public.
PR dividends for the Malaysian Oil Palm Industry
It is therefore clear is that Keith Boyfeild and his IEA event have just provided the latest platform for yet another publicly funded publicity stunt by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council in their on-going 'greenwash campaign' promoting palm oil.
And the MPOC generated publicity around Boyfield's Sarawak visits wholly undermines any attempts by the IEA to claim distance or objectivity for their research.
Boyfield (3rd left) and Jabu on his 'press trip' in 2012. In the article he lavished praise on BN's record in Sarawak, saying it was time to "correct misperceptions in western countries"
For example, during his MPOC funded visit in 2012, Boyfield was quoted extensively by the KTS-owned Borneo Post (below), who portrayed him as a senior international journalist, relentlessly praising the Sarawak state government and its record on logging, oil palm and the environment:
"The state government should do more to promote the positive things it has been doing with regards to nature conservation to correct misperceptions, especially among western countries…Keith Boyfield, the spokesperson for a delegation of foreign media to the state, said…
Sarawak oil palm expert, thanks to his week long trip?
He opined that at the moment Sarawak had been too modest in its campaign to tell the world about its conservation efforts, and because of that it had been subjected to criticisms particularly in Britain and Europe about the way oil palm plantations were being developed here…
"Most of the things we hear about are always threats to the habitats and also constant theme of the elimination of mangrove swamps and rainforests when in actual fact that doesn't appear to be the case," he said...
Boyfield, who is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and other leading newspapers and journals including Financial Centres International, said before this there had been a lot of criticisms in Great Britain and Europe about the way oil palm plantations were being developed in Malaysia and Indonesia…
"There also have been sort of view from people in Britain that Malaysians or the people of Sarawak are cutting down all the virgin rainforests and eliminating the habitats for mammals like orang utans so that they could grow oil palm," he noted.
He explained that the purpose of the delegation was basically to see with their own eyes whether some of the claims and accusations made in the western media corresponded to reality, saying what they discovered proved that those reports were untrue."[Borneo Post 28/4/12]
Boyfield's quoted opinions on these matters appear to have been furnished by his week long visit, hosted by SALCRA and being shown round SALCRA plantations by Alfred Jabu. They contradict widely known facts and betray a lack of genuine investigation on the ground.
Indeed his own reports on Twitter at the time focused less on the conditions in dirt poor Dayak longhouses and more on his sponsored accommodation in the Taib family's Hilton Hotel!
Report from the ground? – excited tweets from Boyfield about his luxury experience of Sarawak in Kuching's Hilton
A bit of time in the interior of Sarawak would surely have informed Mr Boyfield a little better, because according more quotes in the Borneo Post, he then came out with the astonishing claim that the state's oil palm plantations were merely conversions from the traditional rubber plantations and that the virgin jungle remains intact!
"This is because from what we see so far is it appeared that your palm oil plantations have actually switched from other commodities such as rubber and now you have been cultivating palm oil instead of other commodities.
"It is not so much of you cutting down lots of primary rainforest as claimed by some western media," he [Boyfield] commented [Borneo Post]
Fact check for Keith Boyfield
These remarks by Boyfield were repeated throughout the Sarawak media at the time and also later when the IEA report was produced.
One widely disseminated article was entitled "British experts say criticisms from foreign NGOs on environment are exaggerated":
British experts say criticisms from foreign NGOs on environment are exaggerated
"The Institute of Economic Appeal (IEA) has produced a report entitled "Commercial Agriculture: Is It A Cure Or A Curse, Malaysian and African Experience Constructed" by Keith Boyfield.
The report highlights the roles played by SALCRA in spearheading a move to develop native customary right land into commercial plantation….. This very favorable report was produced by The Institute of Economic Appeal an Independent Body following a visit by its 8-member delegation to Sarawak sometime in April 2012,
During the visit, members of the delegation led by Mr. Keith Boyfield had dialogue sessions and discussions with members of local business community, representatives of statutory bodies and general public including participants in the land development schemes.
They visited Palm Oil Plantation at Sungai Stengang in Stungkur, conducted interviews with many SALCRA scheme participants and visited Palm Oil Mill. After visiting Sarawak they visited Peninsular Malaysia for the same purpose.
Great PR material for BN's cyber-bloggers
To the contrary, we suggest it is time that Boyfield shook off the MOPC, took a more independent visit and checked his facts.
Because, this expert of one week was soon engaging in public debates and making his ignorance plain – claiming for example that "property rights are pretty well respected in Malaysia" and that the concept of Land Grabs is too "emotive" and "nuanced" with respect to the oil palm debate.
Academic tour or the usual tourist junket courtesy of the Sarawak government ?
Mr Boyfield should contact Sarawak's expert native land rights lawyers, who have seen numerous court victories ignored by the state government and outfits like SALCRA, and think again.
No immigrant workers?
Boyfield has also claimed that during his 'academic visit' to Sarawak he observed that everyone he met working on oil palm plantations was a local person and not a migrant worker!
"In Sarawak it strikes me because traditionally its been a much poorer part of Malaysia than the peninsula they're able to recruit locally".
Mr Boyfield should contact any of the grassroots indigenous groups, who could tell him of the major problem with respect to the vast immigrant labour force in Sarawak and the uneconomic wages for local people, even on their own SALCRA "smallholdings", and then speak again.
Great dividends from SALCRA?
In yet another article, promoting his concept that the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry should be encouraged to expand into Africa for the benefit of the world poor, Boyfield even plays the SALCRA 'dividend game', ie spouting big figures without finishing the maths:
"In Sarawak, standards of living have been transformed by commercial agri-business… Farmers associated with SALCRA, a group set up to develop native land rights in Sarawak, have earned $163m individend payments since 1985″ [Keith Boyfield, The Enquirer, Liberia]
Given Boyfield himself acknowledges that there are around 22,000 SALCRA members, this sum in fact calculates over the 30 year period to about $200 a year per family, in return for the sacrifice of their rightful native lands and forests to the government controlled 'joint ventures', managed by Alfred Jabu.
World's worst CEO? Ordinary shareholders have gained little from SALCRA – only BN cronies and himself have profited
As everyone in Sarawak knows, the smallholders from SALCRA have received virtually nothing in return for the surrender of their lands and that Jabu's dividends have been paltry compared to the rich profits made by privately run oil palm ventures.
Neither did these native customary rights land owners receive one ringgit from the huge sums raised out of logging the timber from their lands to make way for the SALCRA palm oil plantations (less than 5% of virgin forest remains in Sarawak – just another fact check for Mr Boyfield).
Only government ministers, like Alfred Jabu and their cronies, have raked in hundreds of millions from the land grab policies of the State of Sarawak. The Dayak remain as poor as ever.
Attacking NGOs
MPOC was about to hire FBC Media, before SR exposed their illegal activities and closed them down
But rather than check his facts and balance his arguments, this British consultant has chosen instead to adopt the Malaysian Palm Oil's obsession with attacking NGOs.
In Malaysia free speech and independent opinion are treated like crimes by BN politicians, who find all criticism highly damaging, since they usually can't answer it.
But, why should a British onlooker condemn legitimate concerns raised by NGOs in the same way?
This week, when Jabu again went on the attack over native protests against Sarawak's latest dam building and 'industrialisation programme', the DCM as ever blamed "selfish foreign NGOs who are being paid" for "inciting" them.
He revealed his own paid for PR in the process:
"From overseas they get support from negative NGOs, but these people from overseas what do they know about our internal potential? I went over to London last January at the invitation of the Institute of Economic Affairs to be one of the panel speakers whereby my presentation to overseas has been acknowledged worldwide by the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. And I have been invited again to go to Belgium to tell the NGOs in Europe about our need to survive. Our own people, not because of the selfishness of the NGOs who are being paid, I know i've got records, by countries they collect money to finance the NGOs to disturb us here and I'm going to fight that, for the sake of Sarawak." [recorded speech]
Sarawak Report will investigate Jabu's Belgium event. But, meanwhile why has Mr Boyfield has adopted the same anti-NGO line in his supportive articles for the MPOC?
"GLOBAL food security and the need to save Africa's poor from starvation have dominated international discussions for decades, and were key themes at the latest G8 summit. Yet the goal has triggered a raft of accusations from campaigning NGOs that business is guilty of "land grabs" across tropical Africa. The Guardian's George Monbiot, for example, claims that we are about to witness "a new set of agreements that allow foreign companies to grab [Africa's] land, patent their seeds and monopolise their food markets. This is scaremongering of the worst order and symptomatic of an ill-thought out attack on capitalism's role as a generator of prosperity."[Keith Boyfield, The Enquirer]
FBC Media would have been proud of all this from Mr Boyfield – they were the last British champions for the MOPC and they adopted exactly the same theme in their which was later disowned by the BBC.
But, when Ministers like Alfred Jabu start hurling unsubstantiated accusations about "paid NGOs", engaged by foreign powers to undermine Malaysia, someone should remind him about the millions of ringgit that are being wasted by the Malaysian Government itself on engaging this sort of blatant PR from consultants like Keith Boyfield.
It is always public money wasted, because people like Boyfield always get rumbled.
[Sarawak Report is still awaiting promise clarifications by the IEA, in response to our critique of its "complex and intertwined" relationship with the MOPC]
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Posted: 07 Jun 2014 11:38 AM PDT
I am going to take you to a country which is full of islands. Any guess? Yes, you are right. It's Malaysia. There are878 islands in Malaysia. This country is known for its stunning sights and attractions. We are going to explore its astounding natural beauty that magnetizes vacationers/ tourists or visitors attraction. It's a country of exclusive culture and tradition. It's one of the best places on the globe with delicious cuisine and hospitable people. Kuala Lumpur is its capital with charming iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Malaysia has many offshore geographical places. There would be around 510 which include ridges, sandbank and rocks. It's a multicultural state with many festivals and celebrations. Tour to Malaysia, is really a unique and pleasant experience.
There're lots of choices to stay in Malaysia, so it's tough to decide where to stay?
Mid-range hotels and 5 stars hotels with Chinese, Indian or Malaysian traditional cuisine and cozy rooms are easily available for vacationers/visitors anywhere in cities. You can enjoy luxury hotels or resorts located on islands. Accommodation is so cheap in Malaysia, you can easily get a room for $ 3 to $ 9 USD/night. Private rooms are available for $ 11 to $ 20 USD/night. You can camp in Taman Negara and can save lodgings cost.
Anyways, here're some suggestions.
Lone Pine Hotel, located Batu Ferringhi, Penang Island, posses welcoming staff, stunning swimming pool, lip-smacking food, and calm atmosphere with beautiful sea views. You can get a huge variety of cocktails in bar corner.
Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La, located on Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island, is a fantastic family resort, offers services such as water sports, tennis court, delicious food, pools, cozy rooms, hospitable staff and family entertainment center. Its cuisine includes Bar & Grill pizzas and seafood, tea/coffee, snacks, pastries.
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, is a fantastic hotel with superb services. Welcoming staff, comfortable rooms, suspended pool and delicious Malaysian food make it more worthy staying.
Tanjong Jara Resort, located on Batu, Dungun, is one of the top 25 hotels in Malaysia, offers services such as Spa village, Pools, tennis court, delicious dining out, air-conditioned rooms, seafood and bar. You can spend a relaxing morning with coffee and newspaper on the beach.
Berjaya Tioman Resort, located in Pulau Tioman, is a traditional Malay style resort, offers services like pools, golf, tennis court, spa, coffee, snacks, global drinks, tasty food, air-conditioning cozy rooms and water sports including diving, fishing, snorkelling etc.
The Majestic Hotel, Majestic Malacca, Cameron Highlands Resort and Sama-Sama Hotel, in Kuala Lumpur, Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa and Four Seasons Resort in Langkawi, Miri Marriot Resort & Spa, Mega Hotel, Grand Palace Hotel and Imperial Palace Hotel in Miri, Seven Terraces, Yeng Keng Hotel, Museum Hotel and Hotel Panega are also wonderful places to stay in Malaysia.
As far as meal is concerned, you can have it in restaurants, western hotels , cooking own when living in camping or as a street meal and just have to pay $1 to $3 USD /head for street meal, $4 to $6 USD/head in restaurants while western food is a bit expensive. Malaysia is a Muslim country that's why drinks are expensive here. Anyways, here are some suggestions of restaurants for you.
Dining in the Dark, located on Changkat Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, is an amazing restaurant deeply into darkness and offers delicious food including soups, desserts etc.
Black Forest, located on Changkat Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, offers German cuisine.
Kebaya, located on Stewart Lane, Georgetown, Penang Island, offers good services and food.
Living Room Cafe Bar & Gallery, located on Batu Ferringhi, Penang Island, is a good place for families, lovebirds, special occasion or groups. You can enjoy Bar, Asian and Eclectic cuisine here until late night.
Top Spot Food Court, located Bukit Mata Kuching, Kuching is a family restaurant, offers best seafood and opens until late night.
Jambu Restaurant and Lounge, located on Crookshank Road, Kuching is a restaurant offers best pasta in town. It also deals with Bistro, Bar for cocktails and Tapas etc.
Black bean, The Heritage, Tribal Stove and Bella Italia are also superb restaurants in Kuching with the fantastic setting near river.
La Casa Kuantan, Crocodile Rock Pizza & Grill Restaurant, Satay Zul, and Dallah Restaurant in Kuantan offer great services with superb cuisine.
Malaysia is a country with many attractions or points of interests and more exciting thing is those are quite cheap. Here're some suggestions, and you must visit those places once you are in Malaysia.
Birch Memorial Clock Tower, located in one of the biggest cities of Malaysia named "Ipoh". Here're plenty of attention-grabbing sights such as museums, temples and historical buildings.
Galeria Perdana, Rice Museum, and Padi Langkawi, in Langkawi, are amazing places with precious stuff and collection, to visit. Langkawi is a beautiful island with lovely beaches and plenty of interesting sights. Ave Stella Maris Catholic Chapel is a beautiful church. Langkawi Wildlife Park and Underwater World are educational and exciting places with lots of fun.
The Islamic city "Kota Bharu" is a great city with royal places, museums, and plenty of other eye-catching sights.
Taman Negara National Park is a beautiful park in oldest rainforest Taman Negara. It's a place with lots of activities like trekking, safaris, and canopy walks.
Islamic Art Museum, Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya Bridge, Petrosains Science Discovery Centre, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Thean Hou Temple, and Lake Garden Parks are some suggested amazing places to visit in Kuala Lumpur.
Mount Kinabalu National Park, is the best choice for hiking, this Park is full of fun and will never disappoint you on your visit.
Malaysia is a land of festivals and celebrations as multicultural people exist here. Tourists or vacationers can enjoy these festivals almost every month of the year. Here are some suggestions for our visitors.
Tamil Community celebrates festival named "Thaipusam". It's a unique festival that is worth seeing. It can be best observed at Batu Caves in Selangor or Penang, in Januanry.
Chinese New Year is celebrated in February and last for 15 days. You can enjoy lion dances, fireworks, and delicious Chinese meal.
In April, Good Friday and Malaysia Water Festival are celebrated.
Wesak Day, and Harvest Festival are celebrated in May.
June is a month with amazing festivals like Hari Gawai and Dragon Boat Festivals.
July and August are the months with festivals such as the Rainforest World Music Festival, Independence day, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hungry Ghost Festival.
September becomes more colorful with Malaysia Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.
Hari Raya Haji, Deepavali Festivals of Lights, and Christmas are celebrated in October, November and December.
Malaysia is not less than a heaven for shopaholics. Super international brands have covered Malaysian market and have luxury stores here. Sales at shopping mall attract many tourists every year. Mega Sales held on Christmas and Independence Day and last up to two months.
Utama, BB Plaza, Fahrenheit88, Lot10, Plaza Low Yat, Suria KLCC and Sogo are some remarkable shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur.
ICT@Komtar, Island Plaza, Midlands One Stop, Plaza Gurney, Prangin Mall, Queensbay Mall and Straits Quay are some suggested shopping centers in Penang.
Langkawi Fair is a beautiful place for a shop in Langkawi.
Malaysia is a country with beaches. Therefore, beach holidays can be enjoyed all around the year. Summer season is mild, and usually climate is pleasant in Malaysia so you can visit it in all seasons. Anyhow, December and January are two peak tourists' seasons. From June until August is also a good time to enjoy beaches activities.
I assure you, your vacations to this country holding natural beauty, would be a treasured and unforgettable experience.
Blog Makanan di Sabah: folio <b>makanan tradisional di malaysia</b> <b>...</b>
Posted: 29 May 2014 03:26 AM PDT
Makanan Tradisonal Melayu
RENDANG
Rendang adalah masakan tradisional bersantan dengan daging lembu sebagai bahan utamanya dan disediakan dengan santan, lada, bawang, daun kunyit, daun limau purut dan kerisik. Rendang sesuai dihidangkan sebagai lauk, dimana ia dimakan dengan lemang, nasi, pulut kuning atau pulut kunyit, ketupat palas atauketupat pulut, ketupat nasi, roti atau diratah makan begitu saja. Kebanyakkan bahagian daging lembu yang digunakan untuk membuat rendang ialah daging batang pinang. Rasa dagingnya yang lembut dan sedap. Rendang amat popular dan disajikan sebagai hidangan pada hari-hari perayaan seperti Aidilfitri dan Aidiladha mahupun disaji pada kenduri-kenduri seperti tamat berzanji, majlis perkahwinan, majlis berkatan atau bersunat, kenduri doa selamat, kenduri harijadi dan sebagainya. Masakan ini sangat digemari di semua kalangan masyarakat baik di Sumatera Barat, Indonesia juga di Malaysia khususnya di Negeri Sembilan. Rendang Tok pula terkenal di Negeri Perak
KETUPAT
Ketupat ialah sejenis hidangan daripada nasi atau pulut yang dibungkus dengan daun kelapa dan direbus dalam periuk yang terkenal di Malaysia, Indonesia serta beberapa negara Asia Tenggara lain.Jenis ketupat bergantung kepada bahan yang digunakan dan daun yang digunakan untuk membuat bungkusannya.Ketupat pulut ialah ketupat yang mengunakan beras pulut sebagai bahan asasnya, manakala ketupat nasi dibuat daripada beras. Biasanya dibungkus dengan daun kelapa.
LONTONG
Lontong ialah makanan istimewa Indonesia dan Malaysia yang diperbuat daripada beras yang dikukus selepas dibungkus dengan daun pisang.Lontong biasanya dihidangkan dengan sate, rojak atau gulai kambing. Walaupun makanan ini mirip dengan ketupat, lontong lebih sering ditemukan di banyak kedai makan di Indonesia dan Malaysia kerana cara pembuatannya adalah lebih mudah daripada cara membuat ketupat. Sebaliknya, ketupat lebih kerap ditemukan pada Hari Raya Aidilfitri.Lontong berwarna hijau di luarnya, sedangkan berwarna putih di dalam. Lontong banyak ditemukan di pelbagai daerah di Indonesia dan Malaysia sebagai pengganti nasi putih. Walaupun kedua-dua ini diperbuat daripada beras, lontong memiliki bau harum yang istimewa.
NASI LEMAK
Nasi lemak merupakan masakan tradisi dan masakan popular orang Melayu di Malaysia. Ia patut dijadikan makanan kebangsaan Malaysia. Ia bukan sahaja menjadi kegemaran orang Melayu tetapi turut di pelopori oleh kaum Cina dan India. Nasi lemak dahulunya dihidang untuk sarapan pagi tetapi pada masa kini dijadikan hidangan sepanjang hari. Ia juga turut dihidang pada rumah terbuka dan dijadikan salah satu menu di hotel-hotel.Nasi lemak turut diiringi dengan beberapa lauk sampingan: kari ayam, rendang, sambal dan ayam goreng
Makanan Tradisional India
Tosai
Tosai ini mempunyai banyak nama lain. Tosai juga dikenali sebagai dosa, dosay, dose, dosai, dhosha, thosai ataupun chakuli.Tosai juga terdiri daripada pelbagai jenis seperti tosai telur, tosai cili, tosai bawang dan sebagainya. Makanan tradisional ini sering dimakan oleh rakyat Malaysia terutamanya kaum india.Tosai boleh didapati di mana-mana gerai atau kedai mamak dan juga di restoran india. Makanan tradisional ini berasal dari India.Tosai dimakan sebagai sarapan pagi atau makan malam.Tosai amat kaya dengan karbohidrat dan protein. Tosai dimakan dengan pelbagai jenis lauk sampingan. Contohnya,sambar,sambal dari buah-buahan,acar india,kari ayam atau daging kambing dan lain-lain. Di dalam tosai,ia diisi dengan kentang dan bawang yang telah di goreng sehingga ranggup.
MURUKKU
Murukku juga mempunyai nama-nama lain. Nama lain murukku ialah chakli dan chakri.Makanan tradisional ini juga berasal dari negara India.Bahan utama murukku ialah urad dan tepung beras.Murukku boleh didapati di mana-mana sahaja dan dihidangkan sebagai makanan ringan.Murukku amat lazat dan senang untuk disediakan. Murukku dapat dibuat dengan pelbagai perasa seperti cili,asafoetida,ajawain dan cumin.Semua orang daripada pelbagai kaum menikmati makanan ini tidak kira umur.Rakyat United Kingdom merujuk murukku sebagai chakri di negara tersebut.
IDLI
Idli juga berasal dari India.Idli mempunyai banyak jenis. Contohnya, sanna,rave atau sambar idli.Ia dimakan sebagai sarapan pagi ataupun sebagai makanan ringan.Makanan ini sering dihidang dengan sambal dari buah-buahan,sambar dan lain-lain.Bahan utamanya ialah vigna mungo dan nasi.
KARI
Kari ialah nama untuk berbagai-bagai hidangan berempah yang terkenal di Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, dan negara-negara yang lain di Asia Selatan dan Asia Tenggara. Serupa dengan teh, kari yang berasal daripada India merupakan salah satu daripada beberapa hidangan yang benar-benar bersifat "Se-Asia". Konsep kari kemudian dibawa ke Barat oleh penjajah-penjajah British di India pada abad ke-18. Walaupun demikian, hidangan-hidang kari di Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat jarang dipanggil sedemikian dalam bahasa asli masing-masing di sana.
Makanan Tradisional Cina
NASI AYAM
Nasi ayam Hainan merupakan makanan Cina yang sering dikaitkan dengan makanan Malaysia atau Singapura, dan juga ditemui di negara berjiran Thailand, serta juga di wilayah Hainan, China. Nasi ayam Hainan yang dinamakan sedemikian karena asal-usulnya dalam makanan Hainan dan pengamalannya oleh populasi orang Cina seberang laut bersuku Hainan dalam kawasan Nanyang, versi makanan ini yang didapati di Malaysia/Singapura menggabungkan unsur-unsur masakan Hainan dan Kantonis ditambah lagi dengan citarasa makanan di Asia Tenggara.
YONG TAU FU
Di Malaysia, kawasan Ampang di Kuala Lumpur khususnya terkenal dengan hidangan ini. Pokoknya, hidangan ini dimulakan pada awal 1960-an oleh sebuah restoran bernama "Chew Kuan" di mana tauhu dibubuh pes daging ikan atau khinzir, dan dengan itu hidangan ini bernama "Yong Tau Foo," yang bermaksud "tauhu yang dibubuh." Sejak itu beraneka sayur-sayuran dan masakan goreng juga turut dibubuhi sedemikian, jadi nama Yong Tau Foo pun digunakan untuk memaksudkan mana-mana makanan yang disajikan sedemikian.
CHAR KUEW TEOW
Char kway teow merupakan makanan yang popular di Malaysia. Ia diperbuat daripada kuey teow (shāhé fěn dalam Cina Mandarin), leper dan kira-kira 1 cm lebar, digoreng di atas api panas dengan kicap dan sos, cili, udang, kerang, telur, tauge dan kucai Cina. Kadangkala hirisan sosej Cina dan kek ikan atau bahan-bahan lain ditambah mengikut citarasa setempat. Pada asalnya ia dimasak menggunakan lemak babi, yang memberikannya rasa tersendiri, namun kini sering dimasak menggunakan minyak biasa. Berbanding kuey teow goreng biasa, char kway teow agak basah.Char kway teow mempunyai reputasi sebagai tidak menyihatkan akibat kandungan lemaknya. Akan tetapi, semasa masakan ini dicipta, sasaran utamanya ialah para buruh. Kandungan lemak yang tinggi dan harganya yang murah menjadikannya popular di kalangan buruh sebagai sumber murah tenaga dan nutrien
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