A dry, richly spiced meat dish rooted in the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, cooked slowly in spiced coconut milk in an uncovered pot until the coconut oil separates and the meat fries in its own reduced sauce, coating it in a dark, concentrated glaze. Carried as a long-keeping travel provision by Minangkabau migrants (merantau culture), it spread across the Malacca Strait region. CNN International's 2011 worldwide poll of readers ranked rendang first among 50 dishes as the world's most delicious food. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Period, From (Year)Marks the Malacca Sultanate era (1400-1528); food historian Fadly Rahman places the earliest reference to rendang in the manuscript Hikayat Amir Hamzah, associated with that sultanate. Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the death of Mahmud Shah, the last sultan of Malacca, closing the 1400-1528 Malacca Sultanate era bracket the live origin-start-year fact already frames (food historian Fadly Rahman's placement of the earliest rendang reference, in the manuscript Hikayat Amir Hamzah, within that sultanate's era). Malacca itself fell to the Portuguese in 1511; Mahmud Shah continued to claim the sultanate in exile until his death, which this source's own framing of the era's end date reflects. Classification
Dietary SuitabilityContains Meat or Poultry 1 Origin RegionWest Sumatra, Indonesia, among the Minangkabau people, who carried it as a travel provision along the trade routes of the Malacca Strait. 1 Connections
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Source Rendang (Wikipedia)
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1. Rendang (Wikipedia)
Wikipediasection: History
Rooted in Malay and Minangkabau, rendang developed at the cultural crossroads of the Malacca Strait.
Names
Both the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia and Kamus Dewan define rendang as meat cooked with spices and coconut milk until completely dry.
Pronunciation
Rendang is a stir-fried meat dish or dry curry made of meat stewed in coconut milk and spices, widely popular across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the southern parts of the Philippines, where each version is considered local cuisine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendang (dietary-suitability)
Rendang is a stir-fried meat dish or dry curry made of meat stewed in coconut milk and spices, widely popular across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the southern parts of the Philippines, where each version is considered local cuisine.
Wikipedia infobox, Course field (course, 2nd batch)
Course: Main course
View the Source 2. Mahmud Shah of Malacca (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMahmud Shah of Malacca (Wikipedia), later life sectionQuote, Mahmud Shah of Malacca (Wikipedia), later life section
Mahmud Shah finally fled to Kampar, Riau, then died two years later in 1528.
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