Kelantan Specialities
Nasi Kerabu
It comes in three colors which are blue, yellow and white. It is eaten with raw vegetables as well as special 'sambal ikan'. It is taken as breakfast and also for dinner.
Nasi Dagang
If you are in Kelantan, don't forget to try and enjoy eating 'Nasi Dagang'. It is based on red glutinous rice and it is served with fish/chicken curry together with boiled egg and some chilli paste.
Nasi Berlauk
This is the most Kelantanese favorite food. Simple and tasty. It is served with white rice and fish curry it is traditionally cooked. One of the best choice for breakfast!
Nasi Tumpang
This special dish is a combination of various rice packed in a cone-shaped banana leaf. A pack of Nasi Tumpang consists of an omelette, meat floss, chicken and/or shrimp curry and sweet gravy. It is traditionally meant for travellers.
Laksam @ Laksa Kelantan
The "noodle" used for Laksam is made using both wheat and rice flours, and the dough is steamed instead of boiled. The gravy is made of fish meat, which is boiled, pureed, and later mixed with coconut milk. When serving, it is added with leaves eaten raw or 'ulam'.
Gulai Darat
This original spice curry is prepared using meat as its main ingredient. It is one of the most kelantanese favourite food of choice for wedding ceremony.
Ayam Percik
Grilled chicken with coconut milk sauce is traditionally cooked using original ingredients as heritage. Ayam Percik is eaten with white rice in major family dishes and is served for the special guests during a feast.
Somtam!
Somtam,one of the Thai-influenced dishes is a papaya salad with a salty, spicy, and sour taste. The main items in it are young, unripe papaya, soy sauce, groundnuts, fish sauce, lime juice, and chilies. These items are combined in a mortar, pounded with a pestle for few seconds and served. The salty and lime juicy taste is very popular. This light dish is widely available in regions with large numbers of ethnic Thais, such as Tumpat and Siamese wats.
Ketupat Sotong
This tasty food is made by putting glutinous rice into the cuttlefish and it is cooked with brown sugar or known as 'gula melaka' as its sauce. It is eaten as well as other traditional 'kuih'.
Pulut Panggang
The shape is oblong and it is wrapped in banana leaf. The cooked glutinous rice is salt less but the filling which is coconut flesh and fish fillet make this 'kuih' the most favorite one.
Pulut Manis/Pulut Pagi
This sweet dish is served as dessert. The ingredient is glutinous rice which is cooked with brown sugar.
Tepung Pelita
This food is based on flour, coconut milk and sugar. It has two layers. The first layer is coconut milk and for the second layer is flour and sugar. It is put into banana leaf which has been made as its cup.
Akok
It is known as 'Akok Kelantan' because of its sweet aroma. The ingredients are eggs and 'gula melaka'.
Jala Mas
This is a very popular cake or 'kuih' in Kelantan. It is based on eggs and sugar and it is known as a Royal Cake. It can only be found in this state.
Lempok
The ingredients are durian flesh and sugar. It takes a few hours to make sure the food is well cooked.
Budu
Last but not least. This food is based on fish and it is made into sauce. It is usually served with small chilies,lime and onions and taken with grilled fish or meat.
