Teatime ~ A Malaysian scenario...

[ackhoo]

From hot wok to the mamak's table... In 7 photographs, to leave you wanting more...

Malaysians are spoilt for choice when it comes to food... and that includes teatime! The varieties are endless...

One of our family's favourite teatime foods and experiences - a stall run by this Indian lady... she sells samosas, vadai, curry puffs in my neighbourhood... She starts up her makeshift stall by about 5.00pm in the evening and is all sold-out about an hour later!

Join me for teatime... Malaysian style?!! And find out what these goodies are! 😋

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When I got there, she had her first batch of samosa out of the hot wok.
Her vegetarian samosa uses 'popiah' (spring roll) skin and being paper-thin is fantastically crispy and crunchy, packed full of curried and spicy filling

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As I ordered the two types of vadai, she halted the samosa production line, and started deep-frying the vadai

For the uninitiated there are two types of vadai ~ a softer doughnut-shaped one and another harder one with noticeable dhall (legumes) covering the entire surface... Both are hand-shaped and dropped into the hot wok immediately. I ordered both! So you get to see both of these...
Here, you see the doughnut vadai happily bobbing around the hot oil, whilst their maker turns them over so they brown evenly

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Ta-daaaa.... Doughnut-shaped vadai comes out of the pan! The best thing about this lady's vadai is the outside of these are lightly crisp... something unusual to the vadai aficionados elsewhere... Best eaten hot! 😛

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Next...! The dhall covered vadais are out!
Here they are, sitting on the sieve to drain the oil off and the lady gives them a good shake to knock off additional oil...

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A good close-up here (I couldn't resist it!) to show you how good they are! Errrr... I mean, to give you a good look at them! You can actually see the imprint of the fingers that shaped them!! BTW I luurrve the side crispy bits! These are mouth-watering-ly delicious!

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There! My bounty! Samosa, and two types of vadai...
Awaiting the attack!

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Ohhh, I forgot to mention, these were carted off to the nearby neighbourhood 'mamak' (a lovingly coined term, originally meaning 'Indian Muslim' but now also loosely used to mean a Malaysian hangout joint run by a 'mamak'; like pubs are to the British, 'mamak' is to Malaysians...) ~ where we order drinks - 'teh tarik' (literally pulled milk tea - a favourite evening beverage for Malaysians.... hmmm, make it any time beverage) and on this particularly hot day, a coconut... to be enjoyed, savoured together!!

So, if you are ever in Malaysia, do seek out the nearest samosa or/and vadai to try them out! Don't miss the very Malaysian 'teh-tarik' too!

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[ackhoo]

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[howtostartablog]

Vadai, samosa and coconut water. All also nice :O

[ackhoo]

Hehehe... Yup! And coconut water... good for your daughter! Lol... And good to cool down after all the deep-fried stuff...! 😏

[howtostartablog]

What daughter :O :O

[ackhoo]

Hah! That's an old song.... Every time I say coconut water, that line automatically comes after.... good for your daughter... Lol....

[howtostartablog]

LOLOL never heard of this hahaha

[ackhoo]

Hehe... I heard it a long time ago - it kinda stuck in my head! 😅

[quike]

Good food

[ackhoo]

Yes!! Thank you, @quike

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[ackhoo]

Thank you, @qurator.... Wish I could share some... :D

[ikaputri3]

Everything that is deep fried is delicious! :-D

[ackhoo]

I so agree!!! :D :D
Thank you, Putri! :)

[angel35mm]

I'm sooooo hungry now Funky P!!!!!! I can almost taste these!

[ackhoo]

Haha... Wish I could send you some... to everyone here... :D

[angel35mm]

;-)

[swedishdragon]

<signing in wizz empty tummy for- OMG give me ALL teatime 💕💕💕💕
so mamak's have the coconuts, correct?? il borrow one of them to sweden, tnx :P

[ackhoo]

Hahaha... yessss! Mamaks have the coconuts too! 💕💕💕

[swedishdragon]

i WANT one of THEM ;P LOL

[ackhoo]

😂

[crissimoes]

Yummy! A lot of delicious food :D

[ackhoo]

Hehe - yes... They are great! :)

[dejan.vuckovic]

Now you make me hungry :))

[ackhoo]

Lol... Wish I could send some to everyone... :))

[prostosun]

Looks very testy!

[ackhoo]

Very... Thank you, @prostosun

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[ackhoo]

Thank you, @pixresteemer! :)

[chuazm]

All of these reminds me of the Klebang coconut milkshake place in Melaka that serves amazing kuih kuih also. Dammit, now need to balik kampung again to relieve my cravings

[ackhoo]

Hahaha... Amazing how one food makes one hungry for all other foods... lol
I should go there and do a step-by-step on either the shake or the kuihs... hehehe...

[birjudanak]

look so delicious. yum yum. vada is south Indian item and look like you have friend there hehe samosa is one of my favourite snacks.

[ackhoo]

Yeahhh, the lady makes wonderful vadai, samosa and curry puffs - pity she didn't make the curry puff the day I photographed these... All very tasty and spicy! :)

[melinda010100]

Food is my favorite part of traveling! I am so ready to be there! Yum!

[ackhoo]

I so agree with you... Haha - ready to welcome you anytime... :D

[katteasis]

I Love your food photographies.Is it somosa on the first picture( shape is of samosa but looks like some puffy item to me.)

[ackhoo]

Yes, the first picture is samosa - a very stuffed samosa... lol; therefore, very nice too! :DThank you very much, @katteasis! :)

[katteasis]

👍🏻

[jellyfishdonut]

Great article and photos! I've never tried these before. I'll keep an eye out for them in my hometown (Toronto) or I'll just have to visit Malaysia soon. :D

[ackhoo]

Thank you! :)
Hope you find some soon in Toronto, if not c'mon over.... :D

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[rt395]

Love those samosas. Haven't ever had a vadai before. Thanks for posting this in Steemit Foodie. Upvoted on this account and SteemitBC.

[ackhoo]

If you love samosas, these are extra yummy! Hehehe...
And you definitely need to try a vadai - both variants!
Thank you very much for dropping by and for the upvotes, @rt395! :)