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Brilio.net - Jengkol is identical with its distinctive aroma. Some people like to eat jengkol because of its aroma. However, there are also many who even consider the aroma very disturbing, so they tend to avoid this one food. For some people, the distinctive aroma of jengkol tends to be less pleasant, so it can reduce appetite.
The unpleasant odor of jengkol comes from the sulfur compounds contained in it. When jengkol is consumed, these compounds are broken down by the body and produce a distinctive and pungent odor. This odor is not only smelled from the mouth after consuming jengkol, but can also last a long time in the body, even affecting the aroma of urine and sweat.
So that it remains delicious to consume without causing bad breath, some people usually process jengkol with several tricks. One of them is by soaking jengkol overnight. Not with ordinary water, jengkol is usually soaked using a mixture of coffee to reduce the bad smell.
But instead of waiting overnight, you can use a trick from YouTube user YUNIYASMIN in cooking jengkol so that it doesn't smell bad when consumed. Reported by BrilioFood from YouTube YUNIYASMIN on Friday (8/30), he admitted that he only boiled jengkol with a number of special ingredients. More precisely, there are spices such as bay leaves and lime leaves. There are also other food ingredients and spices used.
photo: YouTube/YUNIYASMIN
To know the process more clearly, you can boil water in a pan first. After boiling, put in jengkol that has been washed clean and cut into two parts. Then add lime leaves and bay leaves.
photo: YouTube/YUNIYASMIN
Next, add the washed rice, stir until evenly mixed. If so, add salt and stir again. After that, boil the jengkol until it is perfectly cooked and really soft.
photo: YouTube/YUNIYASMIN
Basically, boiling jengkol with salt and rice can help eliminate bad odors because both ingredients function to reduce odor-causing compounds contained in jengkol. Salt has the property of absorbing and neutralizing sulfur compounds which are the main cause of bad odors in jengkol. When jengkol is boiled with salt, the sodium ions in the salt help break down these sulfur compounds, so that the pungent odor is reduced.
Meanwhile, rice serves as an additional absorbent. When jengkol is boiled with rice, the rice grains absorb some of the odor-causing substances and also help keep the texture of jengkol soft. Rice can also help reduce the bitter taste of jengkol, making it more delicious when consumed.
Having been viewed more than 98 thousand times, this upload by YouTube user YUNIYASMIN immediately caught the attention of netizens. Who would have thought, many netizens then gave various responses in the comments column. Some of them also shared other suggestions on cooking jengkol so that it is odor-free.
"To get rid of the smell, I just boil it with pandan leaves and bay leaves," said YouTube @NurhasnahRomadhona.
"There is also a way to use coffee and baking powder, the function of the coffee is to remove the smell, the function of the baking powder is to make it soft quickly, please try it," explained YouTube @Khaizar148.
"I've tried it, it's really delicious, soft, and doesn't smell," wrote YouTube @arsyilabintana4548.
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