PDIP Secretary General Siggung It's Better To Fry Coconut Milk Into Coconut Oil For The Benefit Of The People Rather Than Frying Political Issues

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto with PDIP administrators/cadres during a cooking demonstration without cooking oil at the PDIP Party School, Jakarta/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto said frying coconut milk to produce coconut oil is more important than continuing to fry political issues.

He conveyed this during a cooking demonstration without cooking oil at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, Jakarta, Monday, March 28.

Initially, Hasto along with a number of PDIP elites such as DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat visited one of the booths at the event. At that time, he also stirred the coconut milk which was being fried to make coconut oil.

While stirring, he then invited all parties to try to make coconut oil. According to him, this step is more important than frying political issues.

"To reduce the fried food in politics, we should fry coconut milk to become useful oil for the people's needs," Hasto told reporters at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, Jakarta, Monday, March 28.

While continuing to stir, Hasto also had time to reminisce about his childhood when he lived in the village. He said that at that time there were many mothers who made coconut oil to meet their main needs when holding a celebration.

That way, mothers will not then depend on cooking oil from palm oil. Moreover, the coconut that is used can be processed from cooking to other processed dishes.

"This is where the village becomes self-sufficient, because of the mutual cooperation of mothers who prepare the food needed, both for supporting it such as cooking oil, as well as basic needs," he said.

"For example, lemper, sticky rice tape, if the oil is made on the 7th day before going to bed, the sticky rice tapai is made on the 4th day, so that everything is processed as a form of mutual cooperation so that the village can be self-sufficient in meeting its food needs and this is much healthier," he added. Hasto.

Hasto also mentioned that the culinary wealth in Indonesia is actually diverse. How to cook it, he continued, not only fried.

In fact, the First President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. Soekarno continued, Hasto has done research for seven years and produced a book entitled 'Mustika Rasa'. It contains local Indonesian food ingredients and recipes, complete with nutritional content and the book is more than 1,000 pages thick.

"Bung Karno said that we should not be colonized by imported food," he said.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the PDI-P DPP for Tourism, Wiryanti Sukamdani, explained that this cooking demonstration was held to show that Indonesia is a country rich in food and there are many ways to process food ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes.

“And without having to depend on cooking oil. We can process food by boiling, steaming, baking and smoking. The polemic about cooking oil doesn't make us have to innovate and be creative," said Wiryanti.

He also explained that this activity also followed up on Megawati's instructions. In addition, this cooking demonstration event is a place for collaboration as well as a show of creativity in culinary processing for party cadres throughout Jabodetabek.

In addition to cooking demonstrations and food exhibitions, this event will also present a Healthy Food Dialogue without Cooking Oil hosted by Hasto Kristiyanto. With resource persons Hasto Wardoyo, Head of BKKBN, and Chef Handry Sumanto.

Then, there was also a cooking activity without frying by the Deputy Mayor of Semarang Hevearita G. Rahayu. The dishes featured are traditional dishes such as: grilled chicken with soy sauce, salted egg oblok, grilled tempeh sambel, pumpkin pie and lodeh breadfruit.

Not to be outdone, the Deputy Regent of Kulon Progo Fajar Hegana and APJI Banten also presented a demonstration of making coconut oil.

"Continuing Bung Karno's concern and sensitivity about cooking, the Cooking Without Cooking Oil demonstration is an alternative in producing dishes made from local, cheap and nutritious ingredients as well as a solution to form a strong and intelligent nation," concluded Wiryanti.