A word that comes to mind when you hear the word jengkol is 'smell'. The jengkolat acid content is what causes the odor. The smell of odor caused after eating jengkol does not necessarily make this food left behind by the audience, because behind the sensation of 'smell' there is a delicious taste that can tempt taste. To get around the smell of jengkol, the right cooking process is needed, along with the processing tips.
Soak Jengkol with Betel Lime
Betel lime or people call it et injet ’which has calcium which can reduce the odor-causing sap from jengkol. Soak the jengkol into water that has been mixed with a little whiting for one night. The use of whiting should only be a little because if it is used too much it can cause the texture of jengkol to become hard.
Wash with Rice Water
Used water from the white rice laundry before being discharged can be used to wash jengkol. Jengkol, which has been soaked overnight with betel lime, is then washed with rice water by gently scrubbing it clean. This technique of washing with rice water can also help the jengkol texture to become soft when cooked.
Boil with Orange Leaves
Jengkol is a seed that has a hard texture, so the processing is usually boiled first so that it is soft and easy to cook. To reduce the smell of the aroma of jengkol, the use of orange leaves as a natural fragrance can be tried. Orange leaves that have a distinctive aroma will disguise the unpleasant smell of jengkol. The selected orange leaves should be old orange leaves that are solid green and only a few sheets, because if the use is too much then the jengkol stew will taste bitter.
Cooking with Spices
Various processed dishes with jengkol ingredients such as stews, rendang, or balado must use spices as a marinade. If ginger spices can remove fishy odor in seafood, this also applies to jengkol dishes. Use a little grated ginger to get rid of the odor in the jengkol dish. The use of this spice is not only for removing odor in jengkol but also adding to the distinctive taste of the dish itself.
Jengkol is one of the ingredients that is loved by the people until now, but jengkolat acid contained in jengkol can make a person experience "jengkolan" where urine produced by the body mixes with jengkolat acid crystals which can damage the kidneys, acid crystals. The jengkolat also causes urine to smell pungent. Therefore you should limit the consumption of jengkol to the body.
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