28: Air tangan & cooking from the heart | Nor Hadayah Mohamad, MasterChef Singapore Season 2 contestant

The Singapore Noodles Podcast

Nor Hadayah Mohammad: “Malay cooking is very vast – it’s not just limited to rendang, lontong, sambal, or nasi lemak. It is beyond that. What the average Singaporean does not know about heritage food is that Malay heritage food is influenced by a myriad of civilizations, for example the Arabs, Indians, Chinese and Yemenese… I wish to write a recipe book that covers Malay dishes that people are not aware of. Everyone knows assam pedas, but have you heard of assam rebus?”

Hadayah, a MasterChef Singapore Season 2 contestant, shares about embracing her heritage as the daughter of a Malay-Bugis father and a Malay-Banjarese mother, plus: *Odd numbers in Malay cooking* *Smoking in Malay cuisine - daging salai cili padi* *Her MasterChef journey* *Her dream* *Diversity of Malay food in Singapore* *Air tangan (water of the hands)* *A crash course in Malay cooking techniques* *Nor’s culinary heroes*