Siri Melaka
lateritic soil
The Malacca series is the most widespread soil
type in Malacca. It derived from
sedimentary rocks, easily recognized by massive laterite embedded in yellowish
red clay loam soil.
Siri Melaka
soil are intensively planted with rubber.
The thick horizon of laterite provides durable material for road
foundations and surfacing. The soil was used as a building stone, notably
the Porta de Staniago of A’ Farmosa and St. Pauls’s Church.
Pokok
Melaka & buah Melaka
Pokok Melaka
( Phyllanthus emblica ) is a tree
bearing an edible fruit of the same name. The fruit are pickled of cooked into various
dishes.
According to Malay Annals, Parameswara while resting
under the tree, saw a mousedeer outwitting his hunting dog into the water. Thus established the Melaka kingdom.
Gula Melaka
Gula Melaka
is a sweetener derived from coconut’s ( Cocos
nucifera ) sap ( nira ) from the
inflorescence ( mayang ). The sap is boiled down to produce a syrup,
which is then allowed to crystalize in bamboo sections.
It is widely used in Malay culinary, especially in
making kueh.
Kueh buah Melaka
Kueh buah
Melaka also known as onde-onde. Onde-onde
is made of pandan ( Pandan amaryllifolius
) flavoured glutinous rice flour, stuffed with gula Melaka and covered in grated coconut.
