The most famous dish of Nyonya cuisine is satay skewers.

Peranakan Peranakan men are called Baba, and women are called Nyonya. The dishes cooked by Nyonya are called Nyonya cuisine, and the dishes cooked by Baba are called Baba cuisine. The full name is Baba Nyonya cuisine.

There is no unified standard. It is a traditional Peranakan family dish. According to the personal preferences of each Baba and Nyonya family, it combines sweet, sour, spicy, slightly spicy and other flavors. It has a strong taste and the sauces used are all made by

A delicacy made of at least ten kinds of spices.

Nyonya satay skewers are one of the most famous dishes in Nyonya cuisine, featuring braised beef or chicken on skewers.

The satay skewers have a sweet taste rather than the traditional salty and slightly spicy taste, so they are very delicious.

It is made by cutting beef or chicken into small pieces, dipping it in sweet and slightly spicy peanut butter or sesame sauce, adding vegetables such as onions and cucumbers, and seasonings such as curry sauce, and grilling it until golden brown.

The combination of ingredients for satay skewers is very complete, and every aspect can reflect the essence of Nyonya cuisine.

The characteristics of Nyonya cuisine are that many different spices are used to prepare a dish, and the preparation work in the mortar is complicated. In the early days, most of the early Baba Nyonya cooks were busy killing time, so cooking took a long time.

However, due to the influence of fast food culture, you can now buy pre-mixed ingredients or use an electric mixer to help save a lot of effort.

Although Peranakan home cooking uses a lot of Nanyang spices and looks very similar to Malay or Indian food, the taste is different.

For example, asam fish looks like curry fish, but the taste is sour and there is no coconut milk. You can also taste the fresh and sweet taste of the fish, which is in line with the concept of authentic Chinese food and home cooking.

Nyonya in the old days mostly belonged to the ladies of the family.

As they usually stay at home, the kitchen at home has become a good place to spend time; when their daughters are at home, they learn and study cooking with their mothers in the kitchen. After getting married, whether the mother-in-law wants to test her daughter-in-law’s cooking skills or she wants to cook her own

The craftsmanship passed to her has shortened the distance between them.

Therefore, when eating the food on the table, what is overflowing is the warmth and affection between mother and daughter or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.