tempeh
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tempeh
First recorded in 1960–65, tempeh is from the Javanese word témpé
Example Sentences
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With the activities and plentiful food such as fresh fish, tempeh and lightly blanched vegetables, the experience felt more like a vacation than my time in Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But a surprising runner-up was tempeh, a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans, which retains much of the nutritional properties of soybeans without much processing or additives.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024
Soybeans are also pulses, and tofu and tempeh are versatile sources of protein.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
To extract the protein from the spent grain, the researchers first sterilised it before using Rhizopus oligosporus, a food-grade fungus commonly used to ferment soybeans to produce tempeh, a soy-based food popular in Southeast Asia.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
“I can’t eat tempeh, I don’t understand how you like it,” she told him.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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