The island of Penang is one of 13 states in Malaysia. For many years, traditional culinary style is influenced by its three major ethnic community namely Malay, Chinese and Indian. The basic pattern of Malay cooking lies in the preparation of “wet” spices consisting of lemon grass, shallots, ginger, garlic, fresh chillies, and tumeric as well as “dry” spices of coriander, cumin, anise seed, cloves, cinnamon and cardamon.