Keluak nut

Pangium edule

nuts & seeds · spice

A fermented black nut whose paste, tasting of bitter chocolate and truffle, colors Javanese rawon and ayam buah keluak.

Origin

Indonesia and Malaysia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Only bought ready-prepared: fresh, it contains cyanide, which only long fermentation and several cookings remove.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Magnesium · Insoluble fibers · Protein

Did you know?

It is buried in ash for about forty days to make it edible.