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Pisang Goreng refer to Indonesian fried bananas. Pisang Goreng or banana fritters are very popular in Indonesia and are excellent served with ice cream and drizzled with honey. It can also also serve in a dish with a little coconut cream. Pisang Goreng is also popular in Malaysian and Singapore.
Pisang Goreng is also one of the foods sold by the food hawkers in Singapore. One of the food hawkers center in Singapore is called Maxwell Market where varieties of foods are being , such as Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian and Indian foods.
Putu Mayom refers to a steamed beehoon-like strand noodles made of rice flour which is served with white or brown sugar and grated coconut. It is normally sold by the Indians. Putu Mayom is one of the popular hawker foods sold in Penang, Malaysia.
Putu Mayon seemed to be similar to Puto Maya of the Philippines, however, we dont use beehon-like strands rice flour, but boiled glutinous rice.
Principe also called Biscocho Principe refers to a thick, crunchy, bread-like slices, a tastier and sweeter variety of the good old Biscocho. It is made from
Flour, Sugar, Salt, Butter, Eggs. Principe is a kind of biscuit which looks like a combination of other sweet biscuits like toasted Mamon, Kinihad, Biscocho, Buttered toast, Broas, etc., however it tastes like toasted Mamon. This Philippines biscuit is a good base for making desserts like Iced box cake. Good when served as snacks.
Principe is a product from Negros (Bacolod and Iloilo) in the Visayas Island
Putu Herba refers to one of Malaysia's hawkers food, a sort of variation of Putu Piring."Herba" in Malaysian simply means "herb". In making Putu Herba, the "Herba" refers to ground fenugeek seeds that is mixed into the palm sugar filling. This gives this Kelantanese Putu their intriguing flavor. The Putu Herba is cooked by wrapping completely, rather than partially, in thick cotton cloth, and then steamed uncovered. As they steam, the cakes' filling seeps through the dough and stains their cloth wrappers. A certain heft in weight and texture, and a decided stickiness further differntiate Putu Herba, the extra dark palm sugar in the filling makes them sweetly smoky, and the fenugreek adds a nutty, bitter, and almost pleasant medicinal note. Putu Herba and Putu Piring in Kelantan are more substantial snacks than those found streetside in Malaysia's capital.
In the northern state of Kelantan the road from Cabang Empat to Tumpat in Malaysia is lined with vendors selling Putu Piring, steamed rice flour cakes filled with palm sugar and Putu Herba, just a variation of Putu Piring with additional herb mixed with the palm sugar.
About 10 Putu Herba vendors are found about ten (10) kilometers from Kota Bahru on the road to Tumpat, late afternoons, after two (2) in the afternoons. Kota Bharu is the capital city of the State Kelantan. It is an islamic state with warm and gentle people.