Lihing

{{Short description|Type of Malaysian rice wine}}

{{For|the similar Filipino rice wine of the Manobo people|Agkud}}

{{distinguish|text=Li hing mui, a type of Chinese salty-dried plum}}

{{Infobox beverage

| name = Lihing

| image = KgKuaiKandazon Sabah Monsopiad-Cultural-Village-13.jpg

| caption = Lihing (left) together with talak and sikat.

| type = Rice wine

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| distributor = Borneo Trading Post,{{cite web|url=http://www.flyingdusun.com/003_Taste/000_lihing.htm|title=Lihing - Sabah's Very Own Rice Wine|author=Herman Scholz|publisher=Flying Dusun|access-date=20 October 2016}} Lihing Nilyn{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahsme.my/component/sobipro/?sid=160:lihing-nilyn-neo-marketing&Itemid=0|title=Lihing Nilyn / Neo Marketing|publisher=Sabah SME|access-date=20 October 2016}}

| origin = Malaysia

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| colour = Yellow

| flavour = Sweet

| ingredients =

| variants = hiing, kinarung, kinomol, kinopi, linahas, sagantang as well tapai

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| region = Sabah

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Lihing is a type of Malaysian rice wine that originated from the state of Sabah. It was made from "pulut", a glutinous rice and is a traditional rice wine for the Kadazan-Dusun people.{{cite book|author1=Chris Rowthorn|author2=Muhammad Cohen|author3=China Williams|title=Borneo. Ediz. Inglese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvXoC8F5Oq0C&pg=PA97|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-105-8|pages=97–}} The rice wine is also referred as hiing (in certain Dusun dialects), kinarung, kinomol, kinopi, linahas, sagantang as well tapai. They are different from one another, but all are made from rice-based drinks. Lihing is sold widely in Sabah including in some major hotels.

The wine is also usually used in the making of Tuaran mee,{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/print/eat-drink/a-delicious-primer-to-the-many-noodle-dishes-found-in-sabah|title=A delicious primer to the many noodle dishes found in Sabah|author=Julia Chan|publisher=The Malay Mail|date=13 April 2016|access-date=20 October 2016}} and has recently been used to make ice cream,{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=111623|title=Giving the local dishes a boost|publisher=Daily Express|date=28 July 2016|access-date=20 October 2016}} and served during the Kaamatan festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/05/146490/nothing-sabahs-kaamatan|title=Nothing like Sabah's Kaamatan|author=Roy Goh|publisher=New Straits Times|date=19 May 2016|access-date=20 October 2016}}