Jungle Pickle · Wild Ginger Salad

Tuhau

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The plant it's made from is a wild ginger relative that grows uncultivated in the rainforest rather than being farmed, so foraging it is still part of making the dish — which is also why it's seasonal and can be hard to find even locally.

Tuhau is a side dish of wild ginger stem, finely shredded and pickled with vinegar, chili, and lime until sharp and tangy. It's served at meals in Temburong's rainforest communities and eco-camps as an accompaniment to rice and grilled dishes.

Why it's made this way: The plant grows wild across Borneo's interior rainforest, and indigenous communities in Temburong's jungle, alongside related Dusun and Murut groups elsewhere on the island, have long foraged and pickled it rather than cultivating it as a crop.