Roti Babi

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cheong Liew: Inside My Food

By David Sly and Cheong Liew

Published 2025

  • About

Roti babi is a delicious Malaysian breakfast dish, but also a decadent snack.

Method

Legend traces its origins to a British official stationed in Malaysia asking his Chinese cook to make a dish exclusively for him – to hide taboo pork within another dish so he could enjoy it during official Malay dinners. Thick white bread is filled with seasoned minced pork