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kemangi

Some foods are local because the market cannot move them fast enough.

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Cultural layer

Origin

Indonesia; lemon basil, Ocimum africanum, softer and more citrus than Thai or Genoese basil, eaten raw

Routes

Grown across the Indonesian archipelago and eaten as lalapan, the raw vegetables served alongside a meal; rarely exported, since the leaves wilt within a day

Context

Kemangi is served raw and uncut, in a pile beside the rice, and eaten by hand with sambal. Lalapan is not a salad and not a garnish: it is a whole category of the meal that Western menu structure has no slot for, so it gets translated as vegetables on the side. The leaf lasts about a day after picking. Some foods are local because the market cannot move them fast enough.

Route

Pending

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