VIDEO: Assorted Ramadan, Kolang-Kaling Sellers At Kramat Jati Market, East Jakarta Increase

Assorted Ramadan, Kolang-Kaling Sellers at Kramat Jati Market, East Jakarta Increase. (VOI Video graphics team)

JAKARTA - Kolang-kaling seems to be a mandatory food ingredient during Ramadan. Easy to process, and often mixed with various foods and drinks. This chewy textured fruit is processed from the fruit of the palm tree. Usually, before selling this palm tree fruit, it must be boiled or burned before being sold to consumers. At the Kramat Jati Main Market, East Jakarta, sellers of kolang-Kaling mushroom every month of Ramadan. In this market, they are often sold at a price of Rp. 15,000 per kilogram. This fruit and fro are imported from Medan, North Sumatra. The fruit sent by land is packed in sacks. The traders must wash each and every fruit and choose good fruit to sell to consumers. Watch the video below.