This is the very first time I came to know about this
Horse Bush @ Petail Laut. It was introduced to me by the
orang asli where we met during our last 4x4 trip. He purposely climbed up the tree to collect it. This kind of
petai is very rare and not easy to be found these days due to logging problems. It actually smell just like the common
petai but a bit stinkier. The price range is around $30-40 ringgit per kilo (gross weight). A friend told me, this
petai is only sold at the price of RM$5 per condensed milk tin (net) about 35 years back but mostly found at northern part of Malaysia.
As for taste testing, I prefer to prepare this dish with simple ingredients in lighter flavouring.
The seeds are rounder than the common
stink beans/petai and the smell is thick & strong. Weird though cause it doesn't taste as it smells.
Ingredients :
200gm
petai laut (whole, halved or chopped)
1 large onion, sliced
6 bird-eye chilies, thinly sliced
some dried enchovies, rinsed
some dried shrimps, soaked
salt & pepper to taste
Method :
(1) preheat frying pan or wok with just enough cooking oil, fry enchovies till brown & crispy, then set aside.
(2) now, with the same pan brown the dried shrimps then stir in chilies & onion and continue saute till aromatic.
(3) finally, add in petai and seasoning and let to cook for another 2 minutes then off the heat immediately & not to forget to mix in the fried enchovies. Serve with white rice.
