A Negeri Sembilan Minangkabau speciality of extraordinary richness — whatever protein is available (catfish, chicken, eel, bamboo shoots) simmered in a sauce of fresh turmeric, bird's eye chilies, and full-fat coconut milk until the oil separates and floats on a canary-yellow surface of intense heat and creaminess — masak lemak cili api is the defining flavour of the Negeri Sembilan table and represents the Malay cooking tradition at its most uncompromisingly honest.
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