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Undated editorial illustration of usar: Rhizopus culture on overlapping waru leaves with sparse inoculated soybeans.
Equipment

Usar

Usar is a traditional Indonesian inoculum carrier: leaves such as waru hold Rhizopus growth for transfer to tempeh beans. It carries starter between stages; it is distinct from the leaf packet used for bulk fermentation.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Indonesia
Generated documentary-style image of a guarded motorized cassava grater with a metal feed hopper, motor, frame, discharge chute and separate bowl of grated mash.
Equipment

Food-rated grater or processor disc (cassava, coconut)

Graters, motorized rasping drums and processor grating discs reduce cassava or coconut to shreds or mash. They perform the grating stage only; later processing determines texture, extraction and cassava safety.

Food graters and rasping machines
West Africa
Warm-ivory watercolor-and-ink illustration of a low rectangular tempeh packet folded from broad banana leaves, with soybeans partly visible along one overlapping edge.
Equipment

Tempe leaf packet

A broad banana leaf folded around beans forms the flat packet in which tempeh ferments. It shapes the cake while allowing air exchange; Indonesian producers also use plastic wraps.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Indonesia
Watercolor illustration of a traditional dadih bamboo internode, with a natural lower node and folded banana-leaf cover over the creamy curd.
Equipment

Dadih bamboo internode

A short, open-topped segment of bamboo holds buffalo milk while it ferments into dadih, a Minangkabau food of West Sumatra. Its natural lower node forms a closed base; banana leaf often covers the mouth.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
West Sumatra
A leaf-lined bamboo lemang tube with white sticky rice rests on a simple iron rail above a small open fire.
Equipment

Bamboo cooking tube

A bamboo internode can serve as the cooking vessel itself: its natural node closes one end while the open end holds food, often with a leaf lining or plug. Regional preparations differ in filling, fire arrangement and handling.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Malaysia