
Calamansi, often known as calamondin, Philippine lime, or Philippine lemon, is an economically vital citrus hybrid predominantly cultivated within the Philippines. It’s native to the Philippines, Borneo and Sulawesi in Southeast Asia, in addition to southern China and Taiwan in East Asia. Calamansi is ubiquitous in conventional Filipino delicacies. It’s utilized in varied condiments, drinks, dishes, marinades, and preserves. Calamansi can be used as an ingredient in Malaysian and Indonesian cuisines.

Carambola, often known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. The fruit is often consumed all through Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, Micronesia, components of East Asia, and the Caribbean. The tree is cultivated all through tropical areas of the world.

Tamarind is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that’s indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic, that means that it comprises solely this species.

Malaysian delicacies consists of cooking traditions and practices present in Malaysia, and displays the multi-ethnic make-up of its inhabitants. The overwhelming majority of Malaysia’s inhabitants can roughly be divided amongst three main ethnic teams: Malays, Chinese language and Indians. The rest consists of the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia, the Peranakan and Eurasian creole communities, in addition to a major variety of international employees and expatriates.

Malay delicacies is the cooking custom of ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia, residing in modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the Philippines in addition to in Cocos Islands, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Totally different Malay areas are all recognized for his or her distinctive or signature dishes—Pattani, Terengganu and Kelantan for his or her nasi dagang, nasi kerabu and keropok lekor; Pahang and Perak for its durian-based delicacies, gulai tempoyak; Kedah and Penang for his or her northern-style asam laksa and rojak; Satun and Perlis for its bunga kuda dessert; Negeri Sembilan for its lemak-based dishes; Malacca for his or her spicy cincalok; Singapore for his or her rojak bandung and roti prata; Riau for its ikan patin dishes, gulai ikan patin and asam pedas ikan patin; the Riau Islands for his or her sup ikan; West Sumatra for its rendang and lemang; Deli Malays of North Sumatra for his or her nasi goreng teri medan and gulai ketam; Jambi for its ikan mas panggang and tempoyak; Palembangese Malays of South Sumatra for his or her pempek, mi celor and nasi minyak; Bangka Belitung for its siput gonggong and terang bulan; West Kalimantan and Sarawak for its bubur pedas and ayam pansuh; Brunei for his or her nasi katok and distinctive ambuyat dish; Sri Lankan Malays of Sri Lanka for its kalu dodol and watalappam; and Cape Malays of South Africa for his or her bobotie, boeber and koe’sister.




Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterised by its bitter and savoury style. It’s most frequently related to tamarind, though it may use different bitter fruits and leaves because the souring agent. It is among the extra in style dishes in Filipino delicacies.

Pickling is the method of preserving or extending the shelf lifetime of meals by both anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. The pickling process usually impacts the meals’s texture, style and taste. The ensuing meals is known as a pickle, or, to forestall ambiguity, prefaced with pickled. Meals which are pickled embrace greens, fruits, meats, fish, dairy and eggs.

Cauliflory is a botanical time period referring to crops that flower and fruit from their important stems or woody trunks relatively than from new development and shoots. This will permit timber to be pollinated or have their seeds dispersed by animals that climb on trunks and durable limbs to feed on the nectar and fruits. With fruit, crops might as a substitute have fruit which drop from the cover and ripen solely after they attain the bottom, an alternate “technique” to cauliflory.

The generic time period for condiments within the Filipino delicacies is sawsawan. Not like sauces in different Southeast Asian areas, most sawsawan will not be ready beforehand, however are assembled on the desk in keeping with the preferences of the diner.

Peranakan delicacies or Nyonya delicacies comes from the Peranakans, descendants of early Chinese language migrants who settled in Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia, inter-marrying with native Malays. In Baba Malay, a feminine Peranakan is called a nonya, and a male Peranakan is called a baba. The delicacies combines Chinese language, Malay, Javanese and different influences.



Botok is a standard Javanese dish produced from shredded coconut flesh which has been squeezed of its coconut milk, typically blended with different components reminiscent of greens or fish, and wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. It’s generally present in Central and East Java.

Asam pedas is a Minangkabau and Malay bitter and spicy fish stew dish. It’s from Indonesia and in style in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore.

Sambal is an Indonesian chili sauce or paste usually produced from a mix of a wide range of chili peppers with secondary components reminiscent of shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. Sambal is an Indonesian loan-word of Javanese origin (sambel). It’s native to the cuisines of Indonesia, and in style in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Brunei and Singapore. It has additionally unfold by means of abroad Indonesian populations to the Netherlands and Suriname.

Rojak or Rujak is an Indonesian — Javanese conventional fruit and vegetable salad dish, generally present in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Apart from referring to this fruit salad dish, the time period rojak additionally means “combination” or “eclectic combine” in colloquial Malay.