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tempeh en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛmpeɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Indonesian tempe, from Malay tempe, possibly from Old Javanese tumpi (“a food made from starch and tempeh”), or Malay tapai (“fermentation”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked soybeans fermented by a fungus (either Rhizopus oligosporus or Rhizopus oryzae).
   • The leaves were of use only to the tempeh factories, which collected them every night. 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 1:
   • Fresh or defrosted tempeh will keep 3 to 4 days in a refrigerator at 40°F, and at least 6 months or more in a freezer. When putting fresh tempeh into a refrigerator or freezer, don't stack the packages because heat from one package to another will encourage the culturing process to continue. 1989, Dorothy R. Bates, The Tempeh Cookbook, Book Publishing Company, page 7:
   • Usually sporulation occurred when the tempeh had been exposed to air ( e.g. as the result of uncovering of the pan too frequently ) . 1960, Bwee-Hwa Yap, Nutritional and Chemical Studies on Tempeh, Cornell University, page 28:

Forms

Coordinates

tofu

Translations (15)

cmn 丹貝 /丹贝 (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · nl sojakoek (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · eo tempeo (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · ja テンペ (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · de Tempeh (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · id tempe (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · pl tempeh (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · ms tempe (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · fi tempe (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · ko 템페 (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · th เต็มเป (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · cmn 天貝 /天贝 (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · nl tempé (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · es tempeh (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans) · fr tempeh (food made from partially cooked, fermented soybeans)