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Thali

Dishes made with black bean paste

2 dishes from around the world that list black bean paste as a main ingredient.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Jian dui: PL09Puryono, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Qingtuan: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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