Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Tamu Mihibbah - Native market
Native market is perhaps the most interesting. They have all kinds of goodies for sales.
This is a type of jungle product call petai. To eat, the shell is peeled off and the seeds are fried with balacan, chili/ikan belis (anchovies) . It has a strong smell, so strong that after consumption, you smell them when you pee, sweat or when you breath out!! I understand it is very nutritious.

This banana is for "frying", ie, making pisang goreng (banana coated with batter and deep fried, ie, banana fritters). In UK, they have "cooking apple" and here we have "cooking banana" ... hahaha. Fair, right? By the way, this banana is also very special in the sense that each tree bears only a few pieces, probably around 6-12. So far, I haven't seen a big bunch.

This creeper is extremely bitter - suppose to help those with diabetic!

Native bringal... sour in taste. For cooking curry, assam fish/fish head/tom yam/ikan bilis. Best for cooking soup.

Yam... boil them, fry them, etc. For frying, the skin must be peeled off first.

Tapioca - for making soup or cake.

Assorted goodies , veggie seed, utensil, etc.

This is yeast for making rice wine.

The best rice money can buy.

They have lots of assorted local (high land) rice. Very fragrant.

2 comments:

lasapka said...

i like the banana

Anonymous said...

straight photography. i like them all.