Brunei Recipes
A tiny sultanate on Borneo with a sago-starch staple. Not sure what to eat in Brunei? Start with Ambuyat, Nasi Katok, Penyaram and Katilapam. Here are 8 authentic Brunei recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
8 recipes
AmbuyatBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 30 minA glassy sago starch eaten with bamboo forks and dipped in a tart, pungent cacah sauce.
Ambuyat KatilapamBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · easy · 40 minSoft steamed rice-flour cakes lightly spiced and faintly sweet, a Bruneian teatime and breakfast bite.
Nasi KatokBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · easy · 45 minA simple plate of rice, fried chicken, and fiery sambal, Brunei's famously cheap everyday meal.
PenyaramBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 2 h 40 minA chewy fried cake of rice flour and palm sugar with lacy, crisp edges, a traditional Bruneian and Bornean sweet.
Bruneian Nasi LemakBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 1 h 5 minBrunei coconut rice plate: fragrant santan rice with a caramelised sambal, crisp anchovies, peanuts, egg and cucumber.
Bruneian Beef RendangBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · advanced · 3 h 30 minA Bruneian dry curry of beef slow-simmered in coconut milk and a lemongrass spice paste until dark, tender and richly reduced.
Pulut Panggang (Bruneian Grilled Sticky Rice Rolls)Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 5 h 45 minCoconut-milk sticky rice rolled around a spicy, fragrant filling of dried shrimp, chili, lemongrass and toasted coconut, wrapped in banana leaf and grilled until the leaf chars.
Kelupis (Bruneian Glutinous Rice Rolls in Leaves)Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 2 h 10 minGlutinous rice cooked in coconut milk until glossy, wrapped in slim rolls of leaf and steamed, served with rendang, curry or peanut sauce at Hari Raya.
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