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kecap manis

/ˈkɛtʃʌp ˌmɑːnis/

kecap manis noun: a kind of thick, sweet, and flavourful soy sauce used in Indonesian cuisine.

Noun

kecap manis (uncountable)

  1. A kind of thick, sweet, and flavourful soy sauce used in Indonesian cuisine.
    • Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was...1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63
    • First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79

kecap manis meaning in Malay and Indonesian

kecap manis in Malay

variety of soy sauce
kicap manis

kecap manis in Indonesian

variety of soy sauce
kecap manis

Examples of kecap manis in a sentence

  • Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent.1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
  • You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag!2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:

Origin of kecap manis

From Indonesian kecap manis (literally “sweet soy sauce”), from kecap + manis, with Indonesian kecap from Peranakan Indonesian ketjap & Indonesian manis from Malay manis.

Questions about kecap manis

What does kecap manis mean?
Kecap manis means a kind of thick, sweet, and flavourful soy sauce used in Indonesian cuisine.
What is kecap manis in Malay?
Kecap manis in Malay is kicap manis. See Kecap manis meaning in Malay.
How do you use kecap manis in a sentence?
Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent.
What part of speech is kecap manis?
Kecap manis is a noun.
How do you pronounce kecap manis?
Kecap manis is pronounced /ˈkɛtʃʌp ˌmɑːnis/.

Words near kecap manis in the dictionary

  1. kebz
  2. kecak
  3. kecamatan
  4. kecamatans
  5. kecap
  6. kecap manis
  7. kecapi
  8. kecapi suling
  9. kecapis
  10. kechap
  11. kechaps

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