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Condiments & seasonings

Petis

Petis is a condiment sauce made with shrimp, sometimes with molasses or palm sugar. Cooks use it to season food.

  • Shellfish
  • Allergen: crustaceans

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Petis, packaged

Photo: Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use petis

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Made from

Around the world

Where petis is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use petis. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list petis among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with petis

5 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Rujak soto

    Indonesia

  • Rujak cingur

    Indonesia

  • Tahu campur

    Indonesia

  • Rojak

    Indonesia

  • Lontong kupang

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include petis.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: petis in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: crustaceans
Animal origin
From: shellfish

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What petis is called

Names in 6 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Petis Udang

  • German

    Petis

  • Dutch

    Petis

  • Indonesian

    petis

  • Javanese

    petis

  • Madurese

    Pettès

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q19944077

Photos

Photo: Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons