Stall selling various Malay snacks.
Source: www.the-inncrowd.com
Fried sweet potato balls vs pisang goreng.
Source: www.aromacookery.com / singaporedailyphoto.blogspot.com
One of the popular Malay snacks in Southeast Asia countries like Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia is pisang goreng or goreng pisang. It is a deep fried banana in batter. In addition to fried bananas, most of the stalls, especially Chinese stalls, are also selling fried sweet potatoes, fried yam, and so on. Other than that, some stalls in Malaysia also sell keropok lekor, keropok losong, and keropok keping.
Keropok keping vs keropok lekor found in Terengganu, Malaysia.
Source: pmr.penerangan.gov.my / masak-masak.blogspot.com
Keropok is another Malay snacks originated from Indonesia and Malaysia. It is the deep fried crackers made from flour flavored with fish, prawns, or vegetables. This is similar to American shrimp cracker and Chinese colorful shrimp or prawn cracker. There are varieties of keropok in Indonesia and the most common one would be keropok udang or shrimp cracker. In Malaysia, Terengganu state is famous for her keropok made by grinding fish and mixed with sago including keropok lekor which is long and chewy, keropok losong which is the steamed keropok lekor, and keropok keeping which is thin and crispy.
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