Condiment
Terasi
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Terasi is Indonesian shrimp paste: often darker, sometimes smoked or sun-baked harder, the backbone of sambal terasi. Brands vary from mild to ferocious. Toast or fry it. It is not a wet sauce. A pea-size piece seasons a wok. Belacan is the Malay neighbour.
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Characteristics
Preparations
FriedSambalWok Pea Size
Traits
DiscFerocious PossibleHard BakeIndonesianNeighbour BelacanNot Wet SauceOften DarkerSambal Terasi
History
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Javanese and Sumatran terasi was the archipelago shrimp paste.
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Terasi discs and blocks filled pasar seasoning stalls.
Export terasi was labelled beside belacan so cooks could pick a tradition.