Sarawak Acar
This is one of my
beloved dish -
Sarawak Acar. Best to eat together with
keropok fish crackers or prawn crackers. One of the Must-Have food during
Chinese New Year. Sarawak Acar is different from the acar in Peninsular Malaysia. The acar here comprise of long bean, carrot, cucumber, cabbage and chillies and best eaten with rice. The Sarawak Acar comprises
thin slices of dried cucumber, raw papaya, carrot, chillies, garlic, vinegar, sugar etc. Tidious to prepare cos involving lots of work. I used to help my mum to prepare the ingredients and cook the Sarawak Acar during my primary/secondary school days. I love both version of Acar. Both have their own unique taste.
Fish Crackers/Keropok Ikan
When eat together (I mean the Sarawak Acar and the Fish Cracker), the taste is...
heavenly :)
Sarawak Acar
Fish Crackers/Keropok Ikan
When eat together (I mean the Sarawak Acar and the Fish Cracker), the taste is... heavenly :)
33 comments:
i like the cracker minus the acar cos i like to feel the cracking sound
hehe
yay!
1st to comment
any prize for me?
kkekekekee
the sickness of jellyfish is coming back again! *sakit perasan*
chen:
hey finally i get to know what is acar with cracker! oh..was told by cynthia that sarawakian love to eat acar in this way..now i SEE!
hehe..will check with you again on the 'recipe' i want to learn! hehe..
jellyfish,
hahhaa.. we haven't play this "first to comment" game for long time liao :D
aiks, u like the cracking sounds ah?
eat together with Swak Acar, then nicer loh :P
Prize ah?
Give u one piece of Keropok since u like the crack crack sound :D
carcar,
let him be loh..
He hasn't reveal his perasan sickness for long liao :D
Yeah, this is how the famous Sarawak Acar looks like :)
yumm yumm i think it's sweet rite xD
haha!! this is the one i was talking..sarawak acar n cracker.. eh! jellyfish, u (most west malaysian) dont understand one =) not till you really know a 100% sarawakian, right Chen?
alicia,
the taste ah..
sweet + slightly sour (cos of vinegar) + hot :)
cynthia,
yeah, those who hasn't tasted it before won't know the wonder of Swak Acar :D
Looks delicious, but do you guys ever prepare foods that do not taste hot?
SIGH! I hate you for the day doc. I'm darn hungry and I see your mouth-watering pics. :(
Yeap! It's heavenly alright! Any chance you might have the recipe? Without the acar, the next best thing to accompany the cracker would be a chilli ketchup.
Oh yes, Sarawak acar, that's the thing that make New Year celebration an even worthwhile thing to wait.
Acar pleaseeeeeeee...
Speak of the devil ... I just had some yesterday. The acar is not visually appealing, however its appearance belies its "heavenly" taste. Hehe ... it looks positively radioactive - much like Cynthia's Penang Assam Laksa.
wah lau, here i am on fruit fasting (coz over-eat during CNY in penang) and i have to see sarawak acar & keropok!! TORTURE TORTURE. i LOVE keropok, esp. fish keropok. ok, when im back in penang, can you cook sarawak acar? have not tasted it before.
jellyfish so cute...
Pandabonium,
Don't worry, there are several dishes out there which doesn't taste hot :D Well, there are Malaysians who doesn't like hot dishes as well. But since I love hot & spicy dishes, so most of the time I will concentrate more on these dishes :D
Furkids in HK,
Ooppss, hate me just for a day, okie? :P
agus,
I agak agak know the recipe only, can't remember the exact measurement :D When Swak Acar is not available, I will eat the keropok with Maggie hot chilli sauce or the garlic chilli sauce :)
Fish Fish,
I still have half a bottle left ;)
My family brought it over for me when they came to Penang last week :D
Loong,
Hi 5 :D
Do u like Penang Assam Laksa? That's my favourite too.. I prefer Penang Assam Laksa more compared to Sarawak Laksa :D
Anonymous,
fruit fasting?
why want to fast on fruits? Fruits are something very nutritional :D
Aiks... preparing the acar ingredients is something very tidious :D Have to slice thinly the cucumber and raw papaya etc and dry them under the hot sun :D
acar?
i tot the 'acar' is supposed to eat with porridge..
y with keropok wan
Winn,
this is Sarawak Acar .. To be eaten together with keropok :D
This acar is different from the acar in Peninsular :)
The cracker is my favorite! Make my mouth watering...
what i meant is i only eat fruits at the moment - trying to lose the central obesity.
jacky,
talking about crackers, I prefer fish crackers much more than prawn crackers :) Nowadays there are lots of different varieties available in the market.
anonymous,
kekkee.. I c :)
misunderstanding :)
Then u should use the word dieting instead of fasting loh :P
Tell you what chen, you send me the sarawak acar, and I send you my MIL's home made keropok. She makes the best authentic keropok!!
it's my life story,
oops.. then have to wait till CNY next year loh :P
arca ...yummy...forget to bring back some during my CNY holiday at hometown sarawak.. = ( .. now miss it liaw..
dragoncity,
oh? u r Sarawakian as well? :)
which part of Sarawak?
Chen,
I too brought this combo back: Keropok (Prawn) and homemade acar. I have to get my sister to fry the Keropok for me first before I can eat with the Acar.
Sharl612,
So nice :)
I just bought 3 packets of keropok this evening - prawn, fice and potato :) Readily deep fried crackers.. Ready to eat :D
yeah.. Sarikei. How abt u ?
dragoncity,
Huh? u from Sarikei as well?
Great.. I manage to meet few Sarikei folk online. That's my hometown ;) What a small world !!
Hahah.. I wrote few posts about Sarikei in the past.. The last time I go back there was 2 years ago.. in early 2004.
Sarikei 泗里街
Top 10 reasons u were from Sarikei
XinHui Dialect etc..
wow..what a small world..i also from st.anne,st.anthony and smk meradong..graduate year 1997. How abt u ? ^_^
dragoncity,
what a small world.. I graduated much earlier than u :) I graduated from university in year 1998 :D
U from Science or Art stream? I guess u might know my sister cos she is a teacher.. teaching in SMB St Anthony previously..
halo, may i know more about your sarawak acar recipe? thanks ya.
From what I read the acar sounds delicious and would love to make some for my family. Would you be so kind to share the recipe? If so, please send to Hairychinchin@gmail.com Thanks a ton. Hairy
I would love to get the Acar recipe from you if you still remember how to make it, been looking around but no luck so far...
Can someone please email this recipe of Sarawak achar? Email is nathandjill@yahoo.com.au
Thanks so much.
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