Key ingredients include coconut milk, galangal ( a subtle, mustard-scented rhizome similar to ginger ), candlenuts as both a flavoring and thickening agent, lime juice, chillies and shallots and eaten with rice, fried fish and other side dishes.
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The word laksa ( also spelled lakhsa or laksha ) comes from luak sua, which in southern China's Hokkien dialect means spicy sand _ a reference to the coconut sauce, which is made with ground candlenuts, waxy beige nuts related to the macadamia.
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The main ingredient used in " semur " gravy is " kecap manis " ( sweet soy sauce ), shallots, onions, garlic, ginger, candlenut, nutmeg and cloves, sometimes chicken, fish and often sprinkled with " bawang goreng " ( fried shallot ) or other variations according to the tastes of the communities in each regions.
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This old-school Hawaiian cuisine includes such dishes as " saimin, " a Japanese-style broth with Chinese egg noodles, lunch meat and green onions; " lomi lomi salmon, " a salad of raw salted salmon, tomatoes and sweet onions; " loco moco, " a breakfast dish of white rice topped with brown gravy, hamburger patty and a sunny-side-up egg; and " poke, " morsels of raw fish marinated in salt, seaweed and ground candlenuts.
