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Default salted ziganid fish(bagoong padas) mystery

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 03:38:40 GMT, "Monroe, of course..."
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>I think ikan bilis simply means 'little fish'. I know it chiefly as
>sambal ikan bilis, the anchovy relish served alongside nasi lemak.
>The dried anchovies are soaked, fried, mixed with ginger, shallots,
>balacan,tamarind (&salt &sugar)and sauteed with onions.
>I see the potential for the use of these salt packed ziganids as a
>substitution for the dried anchovies. They're about the same size...


Ikan bilis = anchovies


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