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Also known as Bamiya or Bamia (okra stew) among the Malay-Arab community in Singapore.

• throwaway198846 2mo ago
  But is the recipe the same or different?
  • jnaina 2mo ago
    Similar. It seems the dish had both Arab and Jewish roots. In colonial Singapore, both communities were small but left an outsized mark. https://www.peranakanmuseum.nhb.gov.sg/learn/digital-resources/khadijah-kuah-bamia https://www.peranakanmuseum.nhb.gov.sg/learn/digital-resourc...
    • alephnerd 2mo ago
      The Jewish community in Singapore is mostly Baghdadi (Iraqi Jews who immigrated to British India and later Singapore and Hong Kong). That's why it's the same recipe for Bamia.