Brilio.net - Indonesians usually like the offal parts of cows or goats. One of the most familiar parts of offal to eat is tripe. Not without reason, Indonesian people are really good at making delicious dishes, including processing tripe. The walls of beef stomach muscles can be cooked into tripe curry, tripe soup, tongseng, and even mixed into meatballs, fried rice or gandul rice.
Even though it is delicious, the preparation for cooking tripe is quite complicated. There is a struggle that must be done behind the enjoyment of tripe. The reason is that tripe has dirt attached to its flesh. This feces is usually cloudy black in color, making the appearance of the tripe less beautiful.
This part of the innards has a strong stench odor, so if it is not cleaned properly and correctly, the odor can stick and affect the taste of the food. It must be very uncomfortable to smell this unpleasant odor in food.
To clean the dirt, you can use other materials such as whiting. Even though the method is often called traditional, whiting is effective in removing all the dirt from tripe, you know.
Betel lime is known to have strong antiseptic properties, it is not surprising that whiting can be used to treat wounds and skin infections. Apart from being useful for the body, whiting can also be used to remove dirt such as feces in the tripe.
After the dirt has been successfully removed, you need to prepare other ingredients to get rid of the unpleasant odor using lemon. This fruit has antibacterial properties which can suppress the growth of bacteria, so that the unpleasant odor can disappear.
This method was shared by this woman as BrilioFood summarized it from Instagram @shally_putri. He shows tricks for cleaning tripe so that it is clean white and doesn't smell, in just a matter of minutes.
"No need to worry, I have tips for cleaning tripe innards easily..." he wrote.
Tricks for cleaning beef tripe
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First, prepare the tripe that you will clean. Then, prepare a container such as a basin to soak the tripe. Then, put the tripe in the basin.
Next, flush the tripe with running water. Sprinkle whiting over every surface of the beef tripe. Squeeze the beef tripe with your hands so that the whiting is evenly distributed.
Tricks for cleaning beef tripe
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Then soak the tripe mixed with whiting. Leave it for 30 minutes so that the tripe dirt can fall off quickly. When you have removed the tripe from the water soak. Then, I check the tripe with my hands so that the dirt falls out.
Take a toothbrush to make it easier for you to clean the tripe down to the smallest parts. Brush each part of the tripe, until the dirt falls out on the innermost sides. Then, rinse the tripe with running water to make it even cleaner.
Tricks for cleaning beef tripe
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After that, prepare fresh lemons. Cut the lemon into four parts. Then, squeeze the lemon onto the tripe, and check again with your hands so that the lemon juice is evenly distributed throughout the tripe.
Lemon juice is useful for eliminating the fishy smell in tripe, so you don't need to worry if it will reduce the taste. In a matter of minutes, the tripe becomes clean white and of course the smell is gone instantly.
This trick is suitable for you to practice during Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, or other moments when you have a stock of tripe at home.
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