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Tom yum kung as served in a hot pot in Rayong, Thailand.. Tom yum kung, [4] [5] [6] or Tom yum goong, [7] (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง RTGS: tom yam kung) is the Thai spicy and sour shrimp soup—a variant of Tom yum, combined with many of Thailand's key herbal and seasoning ingredients, often served with a side of steamed rice, sometimes with a dollop of chili paste and a splash of lime ...
Tom yum or tom yam (UK: / ˌ t ɒ m ˈ j æ m,-ˈ j ʌ m /, US: /-ˈ j ɑː m /; [3] Thai: ต้มยำ, RTGS: tom yam [tôm jām] ⓘ) is a family of hot and sour Thai soups. The strong hot and sour flavors make it very popular in Thai cuisine. [4] The name tom yam is composed of two words in the Thai language. Tom refers to the boiling ...
Khanom tom and khanom kho are two of many steamed or fried sweet flour dumplings found across Asia. These include the modak from India, kuih kochi from Malaysia, Guo Zi from China, nom plae ai from Vietnam, yomari from Nepal, and kangidan from Japan.
Bumbu is the Indonesian word for a blend of spices and for pastes and it commonly appears in the names of spice mixtures, sauces and seasoning pastes. The official Indonesian language dictionary describes bumbu as "various types of herbs and plants that have a pleasant aroma and flavour — such as ginger, turmeric, galangal, nutmeg and pepper — used to enhance the flavour of the food."
Dodol is a sweet toffee-like sugar palm-based confection commonly found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. [3] Originating from the culinary traditions of Indonesia, [1] [2] it is also popular in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Southern India (Southern Coastal Tamil Nadu and Goa), Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma, where it is called mont kalama.
It has a secure harbour at the mouth of Banten River, a navigable passage for light craft into the island's interior. The town is close to the Sunda Strait through which important ocean-going traffic passes between Java and Sumatra. Formerly Old Banten was the capital of a sultanate in the area, was strategically important and a major centre ...
Krupuk ikan, fish cracker, commonly found in Indonesia, especially in seafood industry production centres such as Palembang, Bangka, Cirebon and Sidoarjo. Wahoo is the most popular fish used to make krupuk ikan, however a more expensive variant uses belida fish or featherback knifefish. Krupuk kedelai, soybean krupuk.
Palembang was the capital of Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom that ruled much of the western Indonesian Archipelago and controlled many maritime trade routes, including the Strait of Malacca. [8] Palembang was incorporated into the Dutch East Indies in 1825 after the abolition of the Palembang Sultanate. [9] It was chartered as a city on 1 April ...