Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Our Traditional Dinner

Alhamdullilah...we just had our traditional dinner. This is very popular in Brunei called 'ambuyat'. I think the Sabahans and Sarawakians are mostly familiar with this type of dish. The ambuyat comes from'ambulung' which is in the form of whitish flour called sago. Sago is gotten from a tree called Rumbia tree. Puzzled??? Ok laaa...if you are interested just have a CLICK HERE

Above ~ Traditionally we use wooden or bamboo sticks that are joined at one end which is v-shaped. But I still prefer to use a fork to eat the glue-like ambuyat :P

Then, the ambuyat dipped into this 'cacah' or sauce which tastes rather hot and sour. Our 'cacah' is made from 'tempoyak' and 'binjai' (the preserved durian and binjai pulp), some prawn paste and birds' eye chilies.Below ~ This fish is called 'ampap'. The fresh fish (usually small fish) will be mixed with some tamarind juice, blended dried chillies, shallots and lemon grass. This mixture is cooked cooked slowly on a medium heat until the gravy thickens.
Above ~ The young cempedak is cooked with coconut milk.
Below ~ The fried chicken gizzard.
Above ~ My mom spared this for us....the fried egg sambal.
Below ~ The fried dried fish.
Actually...I'm having my PMS..thus...I'm craving for sour foodies..... @~@

8 comments:

Mummy Gwen said...

You know what, I know about ambuyat from Playhouse Disney. LOL. Delicious traditional dishes. Hmmm...you have craving for sour food when you are having PMS..hehe..

iza~de~bintang said...

Alamak ambuyat..teringat masa makan2 dengan zW dan Bb huhu.. sedap.

ooo cuti yer hari ni, selamat bercuti :)

UmmiRosma said...

Mummy Gwen ~ Oh really? I missed that one...poor me :(

Yea, beside having terrible headache...during my PMS..oooo....

UmmiRosma said...

Iza ~ Oh ya Iza pernah makan ambuyat di Brunei ya...sedap? Hehehe

MeRy said...

I never came across the food called Ambuyat,new thing for me.

UmmiRosma said...

MeRy ~ I see....you should try if you happen to come over to my country ya...I will show you...:)

BoeyJoey said...

All sounds very foreign to me... but they sure look yummy! Hmm... you crave for sour dishes during PMS? I crave for oily food, like chips and ice cream :-D

UmmiRosma said...

BoeyJoey ~ If you happen to come to my country..you must try this dish. Ice cream? wow...I m craving for it anytime..hehe LOL