Let’s go to Maluku! Hidden gems for unique and interesting culinary hunters: Okezone Travel


Let's go to Maluku! Hidden gems for unique and attractive culinary hunters

Nutmeg sauce fish. (Photo: dentistchef)

Maluku It is one of the provinces in the Southeast Eastern region of the Republic of Indonesia which has a strategic position because it is among parts of the western and central regions of Indonesia, and is on the international crossing route traversed by three Indonesian archipelago sea channels (ALKI).

Maluku Province has an area of ​​54,185 km2 divided into 9 districts and 2 cities with a population in 2009 reaching 1,457,070 people, 56.28% of its citizens work in the agricultural sector.

Lately, the Maluku community was reported about their support for one of the presidential candidates, namely Ganjar Pranowo. They are incorporated in the volunteers of Friend Workers Ganjar with thousands of supporters while making Maluku as the 11th province who declared support for one of the 2024 presidential candidates.

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On the other hand, when talking about Maluku, we are wondering what the culinary they have and how to make it and the taste. The number of culinary offerings that are owned makes it difficult to choose what will be discussed.

Here are 5 typical Maluku culinary that you must try:

1. Papeda

Food made from sago flour is the most famous among some typical foods of the spice islands. The texture is thick and sticky with white and tastes that are freshly identity for Papeda.

Papeda is usually eaten with yellow sauce fish or with ganemo vegetables from young melinjo leaves. The sticky food has a low and low -calorie cholesterol content but has a high fiber content making it suitable for diet programs.

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The way to eat papeda is to sip it from the plate, but it can also roll it out with chopsticks.

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2. Lapola Rice

Foods made from rice, grated young coconut, and tolo beans are usually eaten together with side dishes such as kohu-kohu (processed anchovies or wet cobs) and raw vegetables.

Cooking Lapola rice is quite easy, namely by using low heat. Rice is cooked until half cooked, and also added grated coconut that has been given the spices of shallots, garlic, red chili, and lime, then just steamed until cooked.

The savory taste of lapola rice is guaranteed to spoil the tongue, moreover the typical fragrance of orange leaves and lemongrass will be more appetizing.

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3. Woku Komo-Komo

Sago has become a part of the life of the people of Maluku, one of the other culinary made from sago is Woku Komo-Komo.

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This food is made by soaking the sago in the water by adding various spices such as ginger, lemongrass, and sauteed garlic. Then also added the innards of fish and water.

Then add the sliced ​​leeks, pepper, salt, and thick coconut milk. Once cooked, let stand the sag until it cools, and cut the innards of the fish to form a dice. Then wrap both with Woka leaves.

Bake the woka leaves containing sago and the innards of the fish by using coals until the leaves are dry as a sign of the food is ripe.

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