The Serumpun Codex · Ferments, grains and starches
Tebaloi
A Melanau sago biscuit, baked twice.
The entry
- Name
- Tebaloi
- Other names
- Sago biscuit
- Scientific name
- Not applicable: a baked preparation
- What it is
- A Melanau sago biscuit, baked twice.
- Knowledge from
- The Melanau; made at Kampung Tutus Hilir, Mukah.
- How it is used
- Sago flour, eggs, sugar, coconut and turmeric, rolled on banana leaves and baked twice.
- In the French Borneo kitchen
- A black squid-ink tebaloi cracker in Course IV, Coast, at Osaka; also at the Kuching Finale.
- Season and place
- Mukah
- Conservation status
- Not applicable
- Geographical Indication
- Proposed in 2012; not registered
- Codex Alimentarius
- No Codex standard
- Medicinal knowledge
- Held privately by the community
- Consent
- Given, recorded by CHASS, 30 October 2026
Still to be confirmed: who shared it with Serumpun.
Sources
Added to the Codex on 1 November 2026. Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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How to cite this entry
Serumpun Sarawak (2026) ‘Tebaloi’, The Serumpun Codex, ed. James Won. Available at: https://www.chefjameswon.com/serumpun/codex/tebaloi/ (sources checked 30 October 2026).
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