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Shrimp Cracker
Prawn crackers ( id, krupuk udang) are a deep fried snack made from starch Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets ... and prawn. They are a common snack food in Southeast Asian cuisine, but they are most closely associated with Cuisine of Indonesia, Indonesia.They have also been adapted into East Asian cuisines. where the similar Japanese cuisine, Japanese Kappa Ebisen, kappa ebisen () (Japan) and Korean cuisine, Korean saeukkang (Korea) are popular snacks. History According to the culinary historian Fadly Rahman, ''krupuk'' (crackers) have been around in Java since the 9th or 10th century. The Batu Pura inscription mentions ''krupuk rambak'', which are crackers made from cow or buffalo skin, that still exist today as ''krupuk kulit'', and are usually used in the Javane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
