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- Name (Thai)
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ลูกเนียงดอง
- Name (English)
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pickled djenkol bean
- Local name
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Look-niang-dorng
- Product
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Vegetable
- Ingredients
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Djenkol bean: Pithecelobium jiringa (Look-niang). Salt, sugar (and in some places rice wash water).
- Fermentation
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10 days.
- Storage life
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2-3 months.
- Microorganisms
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- Properties
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Solid green beans in a turbid solution with a salty and slightly sweet taste.
- Method
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1. Crack the brown kernels of Look niang and remove them.
2. Wash the beans and place them in a clean glass jar or bowl.
3. Dissolve salt (about 10% of the weight of the beans) and a small amount of sugar in water. Add to the bean, covering them. In some places rice-wash water is also added to get a better aroma, but the fermentation period and storage life are shorter.
4. Close the lid and leave the beans under shade to ferment for 10 days.
- Production
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In home industry.
- Consumption
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Eat with Nam-prik.