Unique Foods Typical Of Karawang That Can Be Souvenirs

Karawang Kue Gonjing Typical Food Illustration (Wikimedia.org)

YOGYAKARTA Karawang is one of the industrial areas that are the destinations of the migrants. Not only as having many industrial centers, Karawang also has special foods to try. Some typical Karawang foods are also suitable as souvenirs to be brought to their hometowns.

Please note that the Karawang area is close to Jakarta, Purwakarta, and Bandung. This condition makes the typical Karawang culinary similar to the food from the three cities. However, the Karawang culinary dish has special characteristics. Here are some foods from Karawang that are distinctive and worth a try.

Bontot crackers are the name for the rest of the shrimp crackers that can no longer be cut with machines. The word bontot itself comes from Sundanese which means the latter. The process of making crackers was originally the same as shrimp crackers.

However, along with the development of the bontot cracker era, which originally used shrimp, has now grown into a bontot for vegetable fish, spicy fish and spicy shrimp.

The mayor's ice is one of the culinary delights that became an icon of Karawang Regency. This culinary dish is made of fruit mixtures, nata de coco, selasih, observant, and other ingredients according to the creation of the maker. Although known for drinking, the mayor's ice has a solid filling with a sweet taste.

This cake is known as pancong cake which is an iconic food of Karawang. The gonjing cake is made of flour and coconut sprinkled with refined sugar so that the taste tends to be sweet and savory. This cake is suitable as a guest suggestion or a souvenir when visiting relatives.

This food comes from Walahar Village, Karawang Regency, West Java. In the village there is a dam so that fishery products are well known, one of which produces walahar pepes. Different from other pepes, the walahar is said to have found something different from other fish pepes products.

The jojongkong cake is considered a typical cake for Karawang and Bangka Belitung. It is not yet certain why this cake is known in the two faraway areas, but it is possible because of the spread of the Malay people. This cake is made of rice flour, coconut milk, and brown sugar wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed. The texture is soft and tastes sweet.

Tinggiang ketan is usually used as a typical souvenir of Karawang. As the name suggests, these souvenirs are made of glutinous rice peppered with spices and then fried dry until the texture is crunchy. This food can be found in many souvenir shops.

Typical souvenirs of Karawang that can be brought home are kijing bulu. This food has a sweet and savory taste. The name kijing comes from the shape of a cake that is like a green shell. This cake is still made traditionally so it is without preservatives.

Those are some typical Karawang foods. Visit VOI.id to get other interesting information.