Ever caught in an embarrassing situation when everyone at work shook their heads and looked at you funny after using the office toilet right after you. And your office colleagues were also keeping a safe distance from you with their hand over their nose when talking to you at the office.Yes, it was the petai you had for lunch all right! | |
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Petai are flat edible beans borne on a huge tree Parkia speciosa that can grow to about 30 meters. The bright green seeds are carried in a cluster of 7 to 8 long flat pods. When these pods ripen, the petai beans within are removed and best cooked with onions, garlic, chilli and dried shrimp to make a very popular culinary delight called “sambal petai”. If you are one of those petai lovers, people around you find it hard to ignore your presence, especially after a hearty meal of rice where sambal petai as one of the side dishes. | |
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How you wish you had resisted the temptation of gorging that delicious sambal petai for lunch?
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