Nasi Jaha, Takjil Menu Is Hunted By Many Ternate Residents During Ramadan

Nasi Jaha is one of the traditional takjil that is in great demand by Ternate residents. (Between)

MALUT - Ternate residents have a special menu every time they enter the holy month of Ramadan. Nasi jaha is called. The dish is often hunted for the iftar menu.

Nasi Jaha is a menu made from glutinous rice, mixed with coconut coconut coconut. How to cook by burning it in bamboo.

Sahria, a resident of Ternate who was met when the buyer of rice jaha admitted that the menu became his family's favorite takjil. Usually it is stable to eat with grilled fish or fried fish.

The same thing was conveyed by a resident of Ternate City, Andrianto, after buying rice jaha, who revealed that the menu is a traditional culinary delight of Ternate City and generally the people of North Maluku.

Every holy month Ramadan continues to look for Javanese rice, especially if it is eaten with grilled fried fish

"Nasi Jaha if every time you break the fast with a rica garu fish or grilled fried fish tastes good and fun," he told Antara, confiscated on Sunday, April 2.

Meanwhile, one of the service rice sellers in the Al-munawar Ternate Grand Mosque area, Nurhayati explained, every holy month of Ramadan she focuses on selling rice jaha, because this menu is always being hunted by residents to break the fast.

"I sell only in the holy month of Ramadan, for other months I don't sell and for every time I sell during the holy month of Ramadan, I keep selling rice, only after being hunted by residents," he said.

He stated, every day during the holy month of Ramadan, the capital for rice production is Rp700 thousand, with a result of 40 bamboo segments.

Meanwhile, if it is sold per small cut, it is sold for IDR 2,000, while for one share of bamboo it is sold for IDR 50 thousand if the total profit is sold every day, it is IDR 1.3 million.

"Alhamdulillah, every day our sales run out, therefore, he still maintains the quality of Javanese rice, because this menu is widely known in this area," he said.

Previously, the Ternate City Government in the holy month of Ramadan provided a merchant area that sells takjil in this holy month, such as the Gamalama Market area of Ternate City.

Head of the Ternate City Industry and Trade Office, Muchlis Djumadil, was contacted to state that from the start his party had intensively socialized and organized the area to provide comfort for residents who shop during the holy month of Ramadan in 2023.

For this reason, he appealed to Street Vendors (PKL) who are still in market areas that are prohibited from selling, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, because points have been provided for seasonal traders to sell.