DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Babi Assam
Pork belly simmered in tamarind with soybean paste, belacan and chillies.
About Babi Assam
Babi assam is a pork-and-tamarind dish published by Celia Lim from Mrs Leong Yee Soo's Peranakan repertoire. Celia presents the recipe with its original ingredients and proportions, describing a tangy sauce around pork belly.
Candlenuts, shallots and toasted belacan form the ground aromatic paste. Salted soybean paste, sugar and tamarind juice season the braise, with red and green chillies contributing their own flavour.
The pork simmers until tender as the sauce develops around it. It is served hot, with the rich belly meat and sour-savoury gravy forming the centre of the dish.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Soy.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Babi Assam
Mrs Leong Yee Soo's babi assam, published by Celia Lim.
- CandlenutsBinder
- ShallotsAromatic
- Toasted belacanSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Chicken seasoning cubeSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Salted soybean pasteSeasoning
- Pork bellyProtein
- Tamarind pulpSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Green chilliesSeasoning
- Red chilliesSeasoning
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Candlenuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64/79; candlenut retained by exact identity, no regulated tree-nut group invented.
- Shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual65/79.
- Toasted belacan: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual66 explicitly shrimp paste belacan, toasted; full compound formula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68.
- Chicken seasoning cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual69 full product formula unknown, broad chicken-bouillon mix candidate.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70.
- Salted soybean paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual71 named preserved/salted soybean paste; full product formula unknown, broader paste candidate.
- Pork belly: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual72/81.
- Tamarind pulp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual73 pulp squeezed/strained in actual water, no opaque bought sauce.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual73 extraction and conditional braise-thinning81 consolidated.
- Green chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual74/81 slit/deseeded, exact cultivar unprovided.
- Red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75/81 slit/deseeded, exact cultivar unprovided.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual76/79/80 frying and conditional blender-blade grease consolidated, species unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Singapore
- SingaporeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Peranakan Cuisine
- Peranakan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.