Petai! Petai! Petai!

I believe most of the Malaysians know this food very well. Here's some photos to share that I took recently.

Courtesy from Wikipedia for Petai description.

Parkia speciosa (petai, twisted cluster bean, yongchaak or stink bean), is a plant of the genus Parkia in the family Fabaceae. It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell.

They are an acquired taste, but are popular in southern

Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia and North-eastern India and are sold in bunches, still in the pod, or the seeds are sold in plastic bags. Depending on the country of origin they may be labelled peteh, petai, yongchaak or sataw (sometimes spelled sator). They are best when combined with other strong flavoured foods such as garlic, chile peppers, and dried shrimp, as in "sambal petai". When young the pods are flat because the seeds have not yet developed, and they hang like a bunch of slightly twisted ribbons, pale green, almost translucent. At this stage they may be eaten raw, fried or pickled.

*Note: The effect of eating Petai will have very strong effect on your urine, where it adds on special aroma to it. Haha...Don't believe? Try and see.