Course | Main course |
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Place of origin | Indonesia, Malaysia[1][2][3] |
Region or state | Sumatra, Malay Peninsula |
Associated cuisine | Indonesia, Malaysia[4] and Singapore |
Serving temperature | Hot or room temperature |
Main ingredients | Fish cooked in sour and hot sauce |
Asam pedas (Jawi: اسم ڤدس; Minangkabau: asam padeh; "sour and spicy") is a Maritime Southeast Asian sour and spicy fish stew dish.[5] Asam pedas is believed to come from Minangkabau cuisine of West Sumatra, Indonesia and has spread throughout to the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.[6]