Dadiah (
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) or dadih (
Indonesian) a traditional fermented
milk
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popular among people of
West Sumatra
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,
Indonesia
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, is made by pouring fresh,
raw
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, unheated,
buffalo milk into a
bamboo
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tube capped with a
banana leaf
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and allowing it to
ferment
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spontaneously at room temperature for two days.
The milk is fermented by indigenous
lactic bacteria found in the buffalo milk. Its natural fermentation provides different strains of lactic acid bacteria involved in each fermentation. The natural, indigenous, lactic acid bacteria found in dadiah could be derived from the bamboo tubes, buffalo milk, or banana leaves.
Dadiah is usually eaten for breakfast, mixed together with ''ampiang'' (traditional glutinous rice krispies) and
palm sugar. Dadiah can also be eaten with hot rice and
sambal
Sambal is an Indonesian chilli sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients, such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an ...
.
Some studies on the probiotic properties of indigenous strains isolated from dadiah were found to exhibit antimutagenic and antipathogenic properties, as well as acid and bile tolerance. Natural, wild strains isolated from dadiah show inhibitory, competitive, and displacing properties against pathogens, and they are promising candidates for future
probiotics
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. ''
Lactobacillus plantarum
''Lactiplantibacillus plantarum'' (formerly ''Lactobacillus arabinosus'' and ''Lactobacillus plantarum'') is a widespread member of the genus ''Lactiplantibacillus'' and commonly found in many fermented food products as well as anaerobic plant ma ...
'' strains from dadiah play important roles in removing microcystin-LR, cyanobacterial toxin. This wild strain of ''Lactobacillus plantarum'' from dadiah has the highest removal abilities when compared to other commercial probiotic strains. This finding offers new and economical tools for decontaminating microcystin containing water.
[Ingrid S. Surono, Usman Pato, Koesnandar and Akiyoshi Hosono. In vivo Antimutagenicity of Dadiah Probiotic Bacteria towards Trp-P1. (Asian-Aust. J. Animal Sci., Vol 22, No 1 : 119 – 123, 2009)]
See also
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List of Indonesian beverages
This is a list of Indonesian drinks. The most common and popular Indonesian drinks and beverages are ''teh'' ( tea) and ''kopi'' (coffee). Indonesian households commonly serve ''teh manis'' (sweet tea) or ''kopi tubruk'' (coffee mixed with sugar ...
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Dahi (curd)
Curd, also dahi, is a traditional yogurt or fermented milk product, originating from the Indian subcontinent, usually prepared from cow's milk, and sometimes buffalo milk, or goat milk. It is popular throughout the Indian subcontinent. The word ...
References
Online articles
Article in Kompas (id)Article on the Minangkabau forum ''Cimbuak'' (id)
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