Muslim Traditional Food and Customs

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Muslim Traditional Food and Customs
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Nasi Lemak
What are the ingredients for making Nasi
Lemak? For making Nasi Lemak, you will need Rice,
Pandan leaf, Prawns, Tamarind Juice, Cooking Oil,
Dried and Fresh Chillis, Blacan, Lengkuss, Candle
Nut, HardBoiled Eggs, Ikan Bilis, Cucumber And
Kangkong.
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Rendang
What is rendang?
A meat dish that is prepared with coconut milk,
chilies, onions and other condiments. Eaten with
rice, the tasty tender meat is a delectable
dish, a must at most Malay functions.
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Satay
What are Satay? Satay is a malay traditional
food that is made of Either mutton, chicken or
beef. But due to a long Period of time, the
Chinese has improvise and Include pork. Satay is
often go with peanut gravy And Ketupat which is
also rice. It is also accompanied With cucumber.
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Mee Rebus

• What is Mee Rebus?
• Mee Rebus are noodles in sweet potato
  gravy. To prepare for the noodles, wheat noodles
  or yellow noodles and mung bean sprouts. To make
  the gravy, you will need sweet potatoes, yellow
  onions, fresh red hot chillies, dried ground
  coriander, preserved bean curds, vegetable broth
  seasoned with dark soy sauce. For garnishing, you
  will need spring onions, celery, green chillies,
  ginger, limes, dark soy sauce and seasoned tofu.

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Malay Customs

• Muslim greet each other with the salam (an
  Islamic form of greeting) which consists of the
  words Assalamu'alaikum (Peace be upon you). A
  Muslim acknowledges the greeting with
  Wa'alaikumsalam (Upon you be peace too). When the
  Malays offer the salam, they will touch each
  other's right hand. The touch is a light clasp
  not amounting to a handshake. This is immediately
  followed by the movement of the hand towards the
  heart to signify the greeting is heartfelt.

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Malay Customs

• However, opposite sex of Muslim cannot shake
  hand with each other. A non-Muslim should not
  greet a Malay this way. They can just greet their
  Muslim friend Selamat pagi (Good morning),
  Selamat tengahari (Good afternoon) and Selamat
  malam (Good night) etc.

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Malay Customs

• All animals must be slaughtered by a Muslim
  according to the Islamic rites, called Halal.
  Pork in any form is not allowed. Amphibious
  animals such as snakes, frogs, crocodiles and
  birds of prey are also prohibited food.
• Intoxicating drinks are not allowed.

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Malay custom

• The Malay Muslim can only use their right hand to
  eat. They are suppose to receive things from
  others with only their right hand. The malay
  Muslim are to keep their houses clean all the
  time. They are to pray facing the Kaabah known as
  the black cube five times a day. They are 5.42 in
  the morning which is the Subuh, followed by

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Malay Custom cont

• 1.05 in the afternoon which is called the Zuhur
  and 4.13 in the evening which is known as the
  Asar, next at 7.08 in the night known as the
  Maghribh and lastly 8.17pm which is the Isyak.

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Thank you and the endDone by

• Chng Choon Hua
• James Chua
• Wee Kai Jie
• Seah Jun Ru
• With help from Muhammad Rizuan the Great One