Oyxgen curry puffs go viral in Malaysia

Curry puffs are one of Malaysia’s go-to tea-time snacks! Traditionally, curry puffs are filled with potatoes. As time passed stall owners started getting creative by customizing the fillings like sardine sambal, chicken curry, and potatoes with eggs. But did you know lately oxygen curry puffs have been making circles around the media?

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Whuttt? Oxygen curry puffs?

Nope we ain’t kidding! The curry puffs are filled with nothing but air. The empty curry puff that usually appears every Ramadan, ‘oxygen filling’ (no filling) often attracts attention on social media. This mak cik saw a business opportunity here and decided to seize it. She sells each fillingless curry puff at RM 0.30.

@abucarimakan Tak sangka ada orang jual Karipap Oksigen 😀😀 Memang ada sambutan Karipap Oksigen ni sesuai la utk budak-budak @ orang tua yg tak suka makan inti boleh cuba memang penuh oksigen dia bagi 👍👍 ✅ @hanibonbon ♬ bunyi asal – abucarimakan

In this video shared by the food hunter abucarimakan, the seller who hails from Sungai Tua, Batu Caves started making these oxygen curry puffs for her children who love fillingless curry puffs. You may wonder who might be crazy enough to spend money on plain fried flour, just take a look at the comments. Many users also commended at least the mak cik is being honest about what she sells.