banana leaf rice - Kuala Lumpur style

 Originally a South Indian speciality, a banana leaf rice meal typically has steamed white rice heaped onto a large piece of fresh banana leaf. Copious amounts of piquant fish, chicken or dhal curry are then ladled over the rice, complemented by side dishes of cooked vegetables, tofu and fried papadum crackers. I opted for the pure vegetarian banana leaf rice.  This was the first time Regina had real Indian food. While she enjoyed it - she thought all of Malaysian rice was "prickly" meaning not cooked the same as in Indonesia.  We had two Malaysian Indians come over to our table - one to tell us to eat with our hands- which I promptly did.  The other to tell us he appreciated other people trying Indian food.