Budu (sauce)

Budu
Budu sauce
TypeCondiment
Region or stateMalay Peninsula (Southern Thailand and the Malaysian Pantai Timur)
Main ingredientsAnchovy

Budu (Jawi: بودو; Thai: บูดู RTGSbudu pronounced [būːdūː], also known as น้ำบูดู nam budu) is a traditional anchovy sauce condiment made among ethnic Malays populating Thai provinces Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani plus Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu altogether east coast of the Malay Peninsula, to the Natuna Islands (called pedek or pedok), South Sumatra, Bangka Island, and West Kalimantan (called rusip) in Borneo of Indonesia.

It is used as a flavouring and is normally eaten with fish, rice, and raw vegetables.