Translations:Rendang/27/en

After Malacca fell to the Dutch, the Kristang community — descendants of Malaccan Portuguese settlers — faced economic challenges and sought cost-effective ways to prepare food. They adopted techniques similar to those used by their counterparts in Portuguese Macau, such as frying meat with minimal water until it blackened, resembling bafado. (Bafado is derived from the term abafado, which means "a dish of stew".) This method led to the creation of the Kristang version of dry beef curry and then spread to the Malay people and reached the Minangkabau.