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How to pronounce Ayam percik
In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈajam pərˈt͡ʃeʔ/. In plain English letters that is AH-yahm per-CHECK, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Ayam percik?
Ayam percik is a main dish of Malaysia. Where it comes from: Kelantan (east coast). People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are chicken. It tastes spicy and rich.
Where Ayam percik comes from
Ayam percik is one of 25 signature dishes of Malaysia on this map. See all dishes from Kelantan.
- Nasi kerabu
Nasi kerabu is a Malay rice dish from the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, also eaten in the provinces of southern Thailand, where it is called khao yam.
- Laksam
Laksam, called lakse in Kelantan and laksang in Terengganu, is a traditional Malay noodle dish from the east coast states of the peninsula.
- Nasi lemak
Nasi lemak means "rich rice": rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan leaf, served with spicy sambal, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and a boiled egg, traditionally wrapped in a banana leaf.
- Penang laksa laksa Pulau Pinang
Laksa is a family of spicy noodle soups born from Peranakan cooking, where Chinese settlers and Malay cooks mixed their kitchens.
- Nasi kandar
Nasi kandar is a popular dish of northern Malaysia that comes from Penang, introduced and made famous by Tamil Muslim traders from India, around the nineteenth century according to the Malay source.
- Tau sar pneah
Tau sar pneah, also known as tau sar biscuit or Tambun biscuit, is a traditional flaky pastry of Chinese origin, from Fujian, Chaozhou and Taiwan, brought to Malaysia and Singapore by Min and Teochew immigrants.
Dishes like Ayam percik in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Ayam percik:
- Green curry แกงเขียวหวาน
Kaeng khiao wan, literally "sweet green curry", comes from central Thailand.
- Bebek betutu
Betutu is a Balinese dish of a whole chicken or duck rubbed with a rich spice paste, base genep, inside and out, and then steamed or roasted.
- Chui jhal mangsho চুইঝালের মাংস
Chui jhal mangsho is a traditional meat curry from the Khulna region of south-western Bangladesh, cooked with chicken, duck, goat or beef and chui jhal, Piper chaba, a spice that grows in the south and south-west of the country.
- Piaparan piyaparan
Piaparan, also called pipaparan, piaran or piarun, is a dish of the Maranao people of Lanao del Sur in Mindanao.