Malaysian politician shows off homecooked Nasi Goreng Strawberry online, doesn't win any fans

Malaysian politician and former Umno Cabinet member Datuk Seri Ahmad Masan has stirred up controversy again, over yet another fried rice dish - Nasi Goreng Strawberry.

The avid home cook had previously attracted criticism with a tweet in 2015, after whipping up a meal of 'GST-free fried rice'. The former deputy finance minister had been one of the main defenders of the government's Goods and Services Tax then. 

The Pontian MP had also shared a recipe for durian fried eggs in March last year. Honestly, we're not sure which is worse.

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Most recently on Sunday (Jan 13), Ahmad posted a photo of another fruit-infused dish - strawberry fried rice, using strawberries purchased from Cameron Highlands, which is known for producing the fruit.

He even shared the recipe, you know, just in case you were interested in replicating it: "Rice, onions, egg, anchovies, pepper, chilli sauce, cabbage, salt, palm oil, and halved strawberries. Delicious... try it."

The dish was specially created ahead of the Jan 26 Cameron Highlands by-election, wrote Ahmad in the caption.

In response, Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin joked that his new recipe was "gross", while Youth and Sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman shared that the recipe was an "even bigger crime than 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)". 

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Khairy even shared a photo of the "correct" way of using the fruit - as an ingredient in a pavlova dessert.

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Netizens also slammed the dish, with some tagging British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for his take on the unique dish.

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However, the Umno MP defended his creation in a second tweet on Sunday, posting four other versions of 'strawberry fried rice' found online and even 'nasi lemak strawberry'. 

He wrote: "I didn't say my recipe is original... Why so intense? Creativity has no limit."

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Like they say, don't knock it till you've tried it.

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