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Sauces and condiments from Central Dry Zone of Myanmar: Bagan, Nyaung-U, Sale and Myingyan

Pon ye gyi (Bagan black bean paste)ပုန်းရည်ကြီး

Salty black bean paste, a Bagan speciality, sold as paste and as powder (sun-dried paste). Made in 4 steps over 20 h. The longest step, ferment the slurry (uncertain), takes 12 h (Moe Moe Aye) and runs at 28–32 °C (Moe Moe Aye).

Key numbers
Main step12 hReported[moemoeaye]Ferment the slurry (uncertain)
Temperature28–32 °CReported[moemoeaye]Ferment the slurry (uncertain)
AciditypH 7.1 → 6.6Measured[moemoeaye]Ferment the slurry (uncertain)
DocumentedSauces and condiments20 hMyanmar geographical indicationMore sauces and condimentsMore from Myanmar

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)
salt
Starter: spontaneous (reported)

Total time across the recorded steps: 20 h

Start
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What changes: Horse gram boils for hours and the dark cooking liquor is kept

Step 1 of 4
Boil the horse gram
Time
5 h
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: cooking liquor; spent beans go to animal feed.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

Variants

  • Pè ngan pya ye (Burmese bean sauce, 'bean fish sauce')soy sauce analogue documented from the Bagan era; kya nyo is a thick soy sauce [WP-Soy sauce]

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [WP-Soy sauce] English Wikipedia, Soy sauce (pe ngan byar yay)wiki
  2. [wp-ponyegyi] English Wikipedia, Pon ye gyiwiki
  3. [moemoeaye] Moe Moe Aye, Nwe Nwe Aung, Khin Thet Ni, enzymatic production of pon ye gyi, 3rd Myanmar Korea Conference Research Journal 3(4)paper
  4. [zinmarlinn] Zin Mar Linn et al., pon ye gyi study, Romanian Biotechnological Letterspaper