Pom (dish) used as an ingredient in preparing "pom". The main stem or corm is most frequently designated as "pomtajer" or "pongtaya" (lit. the tajer/taya for "pom"). The first published description of "pom" comes from the "Encyclopedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië" (1914–1917) which describes the dish as follows: ‘the big tajer, of which the stalk grows above the earth, is grated and treated with the juice of bitter oranges, afterwards with chicken or fish, made into a pie, which dish is known as "pom".’ The basic preparation method is sautéed chicken pieces between two layers of raw, grated "pomtajer", mixed with citrus juice
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