These Families Serve Delicious Singapore Hawker Food Made With Rice | Belly Of A Nation 3 | Part 2/4

One common grain that’s used frequently in hawker centres is rice. In its many forms, the grain also binds families as parents, grandparents and children work together producing rice-based dishes. We follow up with fourth-generation hawker Debbie Yam who runs a Tze Char business with her grand aunt. She’s now forced to do both day and night cooking, producing classic dishes like Beef Horfun. Another fourth-generation hawker is Filzah who is continuing her great-grandmother’s Nasi Padang business. Their specialty dish is the little-known Nasi Rawon. It’s a complex dish that requires preparation from around midnight.

Another complex dish is the high-end dim sum style Cheong Fun. Chef Leung and his family begin their workday from 4am making rice porridge and ‘intestine noodles’ from scratch, even milling rice in the small Chinatown stall. And what about the Nasi Ulam hawker Redha? Her story continues as she now has an offer to leave the trade, but would it be forever?

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00:00 Introduction
00:46 Debbie, millennial hawker from Belly Of A Nation 2 returns
03:20 Mother-daughter team serves up Nasi Rawon at Geylang Serai Market
06:00 Modernising cooking methods and systems
11:31 Former hotel chef serves up Hong Kong porridge in Chinatown Complex
16:33 Rare hawker food: Hong Kong cheong fun
22:38 Different ways to promote hawker culture
25:46 Daily rush for herbs and ingredients
31:21 Sambal Goreng: Same family recipe but different taste
35:14 Ashes Burnnit founder's take on Nasi Lemak: Nasi Minyak Sapi
37:22 Family behind Singapore's crispy spiral curry puff
43:38 Faster ingredient prep using cloud kitchens

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About the show: How do hawkers take obscure, native foods like Nasi Ulam or humble snacks like Vadai into the spotlight and how do they convince future generations to join them, or overseas customers to appreciate Singapore’s street food? Go behind the scenes into their lives as they navigate the year in Belly Of A Nation 3.
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