Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution Cooks Healthy Menu To Prevent Stunting From Megawati's Recipe Book

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution wears a red apron practicing stunting prevention food in Medan, Wednesday (24/8/2022). ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City

MEDAN - Mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution practiced making healthy food menus to prevent stunting from a recipe book by 5th President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"Cooking it is the same as what you do at home, there is no difference. I hope the mothers here can apply it at home," said Bobby Nasution at the Bagan Deli sub-district office, Belawan, Medan, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 24.

Moreover, he continued, both ingredients and spices are easy to obtain at a low cost, so that mothers can cook to overcome stunting for toddlers in the city of Medan.

It is known, that the Medan City Health Office said that stunting in the weighing month of February 2022 was found to be as many as 550 chronically malnourished children spread across 20 local sub-districts.

Meanwhile, at this moment, Bobby Nasution practiced cooking the two menus, namely shrimp ball soup and Moringa clear vegetable in the book entitled "Baduta and Pregnant Mother Food Recipes for Indonesia's Golden Generation".

The shrimp ball soup is the first menu made from shrimp, tapioca flour makes meatballs, carrots, mushrooms, and egg whites without seasoning plus mushroom broth.

Deputy Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu immediately guided Bobby, who was wearing a red apron in front of dozens of mothers, bringing their children to socialize stunting prevention actions.

In less than 20 minutes, the shrimp ball soup menu was finished cooking and then placed in several containers to be distributed to a number of children and their mothers.

"The guardian's cooking is very delicious," said a number of mothers after tasting the food that Bobby had just given.

"We want to ask again, Mr. Guardian," said the mothers in unison while laughing.

The Mayor of Medan also responded to the women's request with a smile while saying, "We'll cook again later," while preparing the menu for the two Moringa clear vegetables.

Dr. Christie S, a nutrition practitioner who attended this socialization activity, said that all the ingredients used to cook the two menus were very healthy.

"There are nutrients, vegetable and animal proteins and vitamins, so they are very suitable for consumption. What is certain is that before cooking, don't forget to wash your hands," he explained.