Alternative names | Mee Siput |
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Type | Snack |
Place of origin | Malaysia |
Region or state | Muar, Johor, Malaysia |
Main ingredients | Wheat flour, cooking oil |
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Mee Siput Muar or simply Mee Siput is a cracker which originated from and is commonly available in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. [1]
Mee Siput Muar is traditionally and originally hand-made of flour dough which was rolled, stretched into long noodle-like strips or strings before swirled in a circular spiral pattern to resemble the shell of a siput, or snail in Malay. [2] They are dried in the sun before being deep-fried in cooking oil until crispy and crunchy. [3] The ready-to-eat snack may be served with condiments like sambal, chili paste or chili soya sauce. [4] Beside its spiral snail-look-aliked shape which has contributed to the name of Mee Siput, [5] the so-called snail noodle cracker also has a crispy texture similar to the light, brittle feeling of a snail shell once it breaks in the mouth. [6]
In present times, the factory and machinery produced mee siput mostly were not made in the traditional "snail shell" form, but rather in a randomly swirled pattern due to mass production for durability, efficiency and commercial reasons. [7]
Alternative names | Mee Siput |
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Type | Snack |
Place of origin | Malaysia |
Region or state | Muar, Johor, Malaysia |
Main ingredients | Wheat flour, cooking oil |
This article is part of the series on |
Malaysian cuisine Masakan Malaysia |
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Malaysia portal Food portal |
Mee Siput Muar or simply Mee Siput is a cracker which originated from and is commonly available in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. [1]
Mee Siput Muar is traditionally and originally hand-made of flour dough which was rolled, stretched into long noodle-like strips or strings before swirled in a circular spiral pattern to resemble the shell of a siput, or snail in Malay. [2] They are dried in the sun before being deep-fried in cooking oil until crispy and crunchy. [3] The ready-to-eat snack may be served with condiments like sambal, chili paste or chili soya sauce. [4] Beside its spiral snail-look-aliked shape which has contributed to the name of Mee Siput, [5] the so-called snail noodle cracker also has a crispy texture similar to the light, brittle feeling of a snail shell once it breaks in the mouth. [6]
In present times, the factory and machinery produced mee siput mostly were not made in the traditional "snail shell" form, but rather in a randomly swirled pattern due to mass production for durability, efficiency and commercial reasons. [7]