The Durian Cookbook for the world

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The Masters of Malaysian Cuisine coalition and durian specialist and exporter Dking have developed The Durian Cookbook which will be the ultimate go-to book for foodies and cooking enthusiasts in Malaysia and around the world.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The 10 dishes that I focus on is to introduce the Indian traditional food, how it will be

00:07if incorporated with durian.

00:09And also we love to make mung bean porridge, we will add the durian flesh into it.

00:14You know, bring the Indian root, where I'm coming from, to stay in this durian cookbook.

00:20Most of the recipes that I did for the cookbook, it's desserts, mostly Nyonya-influenced recipes

00:27because for Peranakan or Nyonya dishes, we use a lot of durian in our cooking.

00:33Debbie Teo and Dave Murugiah, along with six other renowned chefs from the Masters of Malaysian

00:38Cuisine Coalition, share their durian-inspired recipes in a one-of-a-kind cookbook.

00:45The Durian Cookbook was launched last Sunday, featuring a total of 70 recipes that cooking

00:51enthusiasts in Malaysia and around the world will surely find intriguing.

00:56The cookbook also has a personal touch of all the chefs, providing insights into why

01:00they love durian and incorporate it into their cooking.

01:04Because I grew up in a very small town, like in Segamay, there are times when the season

01:10is about to end or the beginning of season, we will only get one or two, so we cannot

01:16eat just like that.

01:17The whole family is big those days, so they will make into desserts, especially like pengar.

01:23That's what I grew up eating.

01:25So I felt like that should be the first recipe that I'm sharing.

01:28When we do a cookbook, basically we want people to be curious about what is durian, how does

01:32it taste like, and we want them to come to the land of durian to experience it.

01:37Actually, this book was initially done to represent Malaysia on the world scene.

01:44And it's supposed to be in all Malaysian embassies around the world.

01:47China market, if they already love durian, it's more of the westerners, like the European

01:52market that we want to intrigue them.

01:55If they can't do the fresh one, they probably want to do desserts.

01:59The cookbook is presented by durian specialist D. King, with the sole objective to market

02:04durian and Malaysian flavours to the world.

02:07Our mission is to make everyone love durian, so we always find new ways to be more innovative.

02:14So I'm very glad that we have this bunch of chefs to come along to develop such a great

02:20recipe, and we create this durian cookbook.

02:22So especially to the westerners, so we can have more people to try durian in a different

02:26way.

02:27You know, they think that this food is so bizarre, so afraid to try.

02:30So with this cookbook, I hope that they can have a different perspective.

02:33And I believe this is Malaysia's first ever durian cookbook that comprises from the savoury

02:38to dessert to the spicy to the sweet.

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