Bunga kantan is what gives many iconic Malaysian dishes their distinctive taste: asam laksa, nonya laksa, asam pedas, nasi ulam, nasi kerabu and the numerous kerabu salads. Unlike the chilli, it ...

Daun kesum, Thai basil, pegaga, kaffir lime leaves, bunga kantan and lemongrass add up to a colourful and flavourful dish perfect for breaking fast. Headlines.

Golden Mile Food Centre is a haven for all sorts of cuisines and different types of dishes. One of the stalls that enticed me the most was Kantan by the SIB’s, an assuming stall specialising in the ...

The rice going into nasi lemak is usually steamed rather than heated directly, in order to keep the coconut milk from burning. Some aficionados employ a rice cooker, swapping the water for milk.

While most believe that its name comes from nasi, meaning rice, and lemak, meaning fat (although now this has come to be associated more with rich and creamy than fat), not everyone agrees.