Let's Enjoy Belitung! These Various Typical Belitung Foods are Suitable for Souvenirs

Once everything is evenly distributed, continue to shape the dough until it is evenly long and cut into small pieces.

Then the dough that has been shaped is fried in hot oil for approximately 1 hour.

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Peletek can be used as a side dish or snack, its delicious taste is guaranteed to make your tongue reluctant to stop wagging.

It's not difficult to get this typical Belitung souvenir, there are many shops selling peletek that you can find.

White pepper

Reporting from Kompas.com, Bangka Belitung is the best pepper producing area because its piperine value is at seven.

Piperine is a typical compound found in pepper, which is good for fighting diseases related to obesity.

Belitung pepper has been famous for a long time. In fact, Belitung pepper was included in a note in the book Tijdschrift voor nijverheid en landbouw in Nederlandsch-Indie which was published in 1874.

The typical Belitung pepper sold to tourists is still raw with unique packaging, namely placed in a transparent bottle

Belacan or shrimp paste

People may be more familiar with the name shrimp paste, but local residents of Bangka Belitung are more familiar with this type of processed rebon shrimp called belacan.

The most famous belacan in Belitung is the Belacan Sijuk.

Namely processed fermented rebon shrimp caught by Belitung fishermen, which has a distinctive taste compared to other regions.

Belacan is usually used as an additional seasoning to flavor food, such as an ingredient for making gangan (a signature Belitung food), stir-fried water spinach, and chili sauce or sambal.

Basically, the process of making belacan is not that difficult, it's just that getting the raw materials is quite complicated.

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