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Top 4 Malaysian Made Air Fryer Recipes To Try


December 13, 2021

Air fryers are all the rage now in Malaysia. It is quick, easy, and makes deep-frying a whole lot healthier! Just place your ingredients in, set the timer and temperature, and voila! Your oil-free dish is ready to be served.

From mains and sides to desserts and snacks, you can pretty much do anything with an air fryer. Looking to make some Malaysian dishes? We got you covered! Here are four super easy air fryer Malaysian recipes to try out.

1. Kuih Bakar Pandan

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup of coconut milk (200ml)
  • 1 cup of pandan juice
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • Salt
  • Butter
  • Sesame seeds

Steps:

1.

If you do not have any pandan juice on hand, you can easily make your own! Place 3 pandan leaves in a blender with 1 cup of water. Blend until smooth. Then, strain the mixture, and your pandan juice is ready.
2. Pour your homemade pandan juice back into a clean blender. 
3.
Add 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 2 large eggs, 1 cup of coconut milk, ½ cup of sugar, and a pinch of salt into the blender.
4. Blend until smooth.
5.
Spread a generous layer of butter onto your baking pan. A 6-inch baking pan is recommended, but make sure it fits into your air fryer!
6. Pour in your mixture.
7.
Place your baking pan into the air fryer and bake at 170-180⁰C for 5 minutes.
8.
Once your 5 minutes is up, take your baking pan out and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. 
9.
Place the baking pan back into the air fryer and bake for another 18 minutes at 170-180⁰C.
10.Once baked, let your kuih bakar pandan cool.
11.
Once cooled, take it out of the baking pan, cut it into slices and enjoy!

2. Lemang Bakar

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of glutinous rice
  • 2 cups of coconut milk
  • ½ cup of water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Pandan leaves
  • Paper cup

Steps:

1.Wash and soak your glutinous rice in water for 2 hours.
2.Then, drain the water.
3.
Soak the glutinous rice in 2 cups of coconut milk for 30 minutes. Add 1 tsp of salt.
4.
While waiting, roll your pandan leaves into a circle and place them in the paper cups. The paper cup helps to hold the shape of your leaves.
5.

After 30 minutes, pour 7 tbsp of your glutinous rice and coconut milk mixture into the paper cup. Pour an extra 3 tbsp of coconut milk into each cup.
6.Preheat the air fryer at 180⁰C for 5 minutes.
7.
Place your paper cups into the air fryer and bake at 180⁰C for 30 minutes.
8.Then, do another round of baking at 160⁰C for 10 minutes.
9.Rest the glutinous rice in the air fryer for another 10 minutes.

Once ready, cut out your paper cups to take them out and enjoy your lemang with a side of rendang!

3. Thai Oyster Sauce Grill Chicken

Ingredients for Thai sauce:

  • 5 bird’s eye chillies
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
  • 3 tbsp. fish sauce
  • 1-3 key limes
  • Coriander leaves

Steps for Thai sauce:

1.Grind the chillies and garlic.
2.
Mix with sugar, oyster sauce, fish sauce, key lime juice and coriander leaves.
3.Your Thai sauce is ready!

Ingredients for chicken:

  • Chicken
  • 5 tbsp. oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp. sweet and spicy soy sauce
  • Salt

Steps for grilled chicken:

1.Mix oyster sauce and sweet and spicy soy sauce. Add salt to taste.
2.Marinate the chicken with the mixture.
3.Cook in the air fryer at 200⁰C for 20 minutes.
4.Serve chicken with your Thai sauce and enjoy!

4. Almond Florentine

Ingredients:

  • 200g Florentine flour
  • 100g almond flakes
  • 100g pumpkin seed
  • 100g sunflower seed
  • 2 tbsp. black sesame

Steps:

1.
Mix the almond flakes, pumpkin and sunflower seed, and black sesame. Bake them at 160⁰C for 3 minutes.
2.Mix the baked ingredients with the Florentine flour.
3.Place the mixture into a mould or spread them flat on a baking sheet.
4.Bake at 160⁰C for 7 minutes or until golden brown.
5.Once done, let them cool down and enjoy!

Easy, right? Delicious, too! We hope these recipes will get you hooked on your new air fryer or make you interested in investing in one. Explore PriceShop’s selection of air fryers to get one that will fit your space and needs. We have brands like Philips, Elba, Tefal and more to get you started on a whole new cooking experience.