Kami perap udang dengan sedikit garam dan kunyit supaya rasanya lebih sedap.

Both kami and kita can mean we, but they are not interchangeable.

• kami = we, excluding the person being spoken to
• kita = we, including the person being spoken to

So Kami perap udang... means We are marinating the shrimp, but not necessarily with you. If the listener is part of the group doing it, kita would be more appropriate.

Perap means to marinate.

In standard grammar, the active verb can appear as memerap, with the meN- prefix. So a more formal version might be:

• Kami memerap udang...

However, in everyday Malay, especially in cooking, recipes, and casual speech, people very often use the base form perap without the prefix. That sounds natural and common.

So:

• Kami perap udang... = natural, conversational
• Kami memerap udang... = more formally grammatical

Because udang is the direct object of the verb.

Malay usually follows a straightforward Subject + Verb + Object order:

• Kami = subject
• perap = verb
• udang = object

So Kami perap udang literally follows the pattern We marinate shrimp.

You do not need a word like to or with before udang because it is not an indirect object; it is the thing being marinated.

Here dengan means with.

It introduces the ingredients used in the marinating:

• dengan sedikit garam dan kunyit = with a little salt and turmeric

So it tells you what is being used together with the shrimp.

Normally, sedikit garam dan kunyit is understood as a little salt and turmeric, with sedikit applying to the combination naturally from context.

If you want to be extra explicit, you could say:

• sedikit garam dan sedikit kunyit

But in everyday Malay, the shorter version is very normal.

Also, sedikit is commonly used with uncountable substances like:

• sedikit garam = a little salt
• sedikit gula = a little sugar
• sedikit air = a little water

Kunyit means turmeric.

In cooking contexts, it can refer to turmeric generally, whether fresh or powdered, unless the speaker specifies:

• kunyit hidup = fresh turmeric
• serbuk kunyit = turmeric powder

If the sentence just says kunyit, the exact form is usually understood from the recipe or context.

Supaya means so that or in order that.

It introduces the purpose or intended result of the action:

• Kami perap udang... supaya rasanya lebih sedap
• We marinate the shrimp... so that it tastes better

A close synonym is agar. In many cases, supaya and agar can both work:

• supaya rasanya lebih sedap
• agar rasanya lebih sedap

Supaya is very common in everyday Malay.

Rasanya is made from:

• rasa = taste, flavour, feeling
• -nya = its, the, or something referring back to what was just mentioned

So rasanya here means its taste or the taste of it.

In this sentence, it refers back to the shrimp or the dish being prepared:

• supaya rasanya lebih sedap = so that its taste is better
• Natural English: so that it tastes better

This -nya ending is very common in Malay and often points back to something already understood from context.

Lebih means more, so lebih sedap means more delicious, tastier, or better-tasting.

The idea is comparative: marinating it will improve the taste.

• sedap = tasty
• lebih sedap = tastier / more tasty
• paling sedap = the tastiest / most delicious

So the sentence is not just saying the shrimp is tasty, but that marinating it makes it taste better.

Mostly, sedap is strongly associated with food, drink, and pleasant flavours. It often means delicious, tasty, or nice-smelling/tasting.

For example:

• Makanan ini sedap. = This food is delicious.
• Kopi ini sedap. = This coffee tastes good.

Depending on context, sedap can sometimes extend to other pleasant sensations, but food is the most common use, and that is definitely the meaning here.

Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense the way English verbs do. So perap itself does not mark past, present, or future.

The time is understood from context, or from added time words such as:

• sudah / dah = already
• sedang = in the middle of
• akan = will

Examples:

• Kami sudah perap udang... = We have marinated / already marinated the shrimp...
• Kami sedang perap udang... = We are marinating the shrimp...
• Kami akan perap udang... = We will marinate the shrimp...

Without a marker, the sentence can sound like a general statement, a habitual action, or a step in a cooking process.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural, and Malay also does not have articles like a, an, or the.

So udang can mean:

• shrimp
• a shrimp
• the shrimp
• shrimps

The exact meaning depends on context.

If you want to be more specific, Malay can add words such as:

• seekor udang = one shrimp
• beberapa ekor udang = several shrimp
• udang itu = the shrimp / those shrimp
• udang-udang = shrimps, though repetition is not always necessary

In your sentence, udang simply means shrimp in a general cooking context.

In a recipe, Malay often drops the subject because it is understood. So a more recipe-like version would often be:

• Perap udang dengan sedikit garam dan kunyit supaya lebih sedap.

That sounds like an instruction: Marinate the shrimp with a little salt and turmeric so that it tastes better.

The version with kami is still perfectly understandable, but it sounds more like someone describing what we do, rather than giving a recipe instruction.