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In Indonesia "rempah" means spices. As for the mixture of different spices we called it "bumbu", and the composition of "bumbu" its quite complicated, in a sense, as Indonesian cuisines usually known as richly spiced.

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Turmeric has a peppery, warm and bitter flavor and a mild fragrance slightly reminiscent of orange and ginger, and while it is best known as one of the ingredients used to make curry, it also gives ...

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Deliciously tangy and one of the most highly prized natural foods in South Asia, the tamarind – the melodic name of which comes from the Persian "tamar-I-hind," meaning "date of ...

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Related to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at the leaf base. Most varieties are smaller than onions, have finer layers and contain less water. The ...

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A warm, spicy sweet flavor hard brown seed.The first harvest of nutmeg trees takes place 7–9 years after planting, and the trees reach full production after twenty years. It usually one of the main ...

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Kaffir lime leaf adds an unmistakable, refereshing taste that is essential in many south-east asian cuisine, like Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Kaffir lime leaves are thick, dark green and shiny ...

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It looks almost like ginger, but it's different. When you take a close look, it has a tighter skin, is lighter in color and can have pinkish portions too, and it tastes more like pepper than ...

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The liquid that comes from the grated meat of a brown coconut. The colour and rich taste of the milk can be attributed to the high oil content. Several grades of coconut milk exist: from thick at ...

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