Mee siput muar ( Jawi: ), or simply mee siput, is a cracker which originated from and is commonly available in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. Mee siput muar is traditionally and originally hand-made of flour dough which is rolled, stretched into long noodle-like strips or strings before being swirled in a circular

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pattern to resemble the shell of a , or

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in Malay. They are dried in the sun before being deep-fried in cooking oil until crispy and crunchy. The ready-to-eat

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may be served with condiments like

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or chili soya sauce. Beside its spiral snail-shell shape which has contributed to the name of mee siput, the so-called ''snail noodle'' cracker also has a crispy texture similar to the light, brittle feeling of a snail shell once it breaks in the mouth. In present times, the factory and machinery produced mostly were not made in the traditional "snail shell" form, but rather in a randomly swirled pattern due to mass production for durability, efficiency and commercial reasons. File:Fermat's_spiral.svg, Spiral-pattern shape of mee siput File:Garden_snail_defecating.jpg, Look of a garden snail. File:Mee Siput Muar.png, A ready-to-eat original mee siput File:Mee Siput.jpg, Present commercialised mee siput

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Malaysian snack foods Malaysian noodle dishes Malay cuisine Muar District {{Malaysia-cuisine-stub

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