Sagol (also called Siagol) is a traditional food in Sabah Bajau. Gol is a word in Bajau which means a mixture or blend. The food is often cooked with meat bloated fish, Fish or Fish Yu (generally fish with a big heart. Now, catching sharks is prohibited because the fish species that are threatened with extinction). East Coast Sabah Bajau population highly reliable in fishery and fish activity including toxic fish cook like bloated fish. Bloated fish should be handled by a qualified chef to get rid of the poison that is safe to eat. Sagol also can be cooked in two types of cuisine Sagol dry (no sauce) and Sagol wet (there dressings).
2. Luster (or Kinilau)
Luster, also known as a traditional food Bajau Kinilau says "Sushi versions of Borneo". The food is nicknamed as such because its main ingredient is fish should be cooked but not eaten raw. Even eaten raw, the flesh of the fish is safe and clean as mixed with vinegar and lemon. Apart from fish meat as the main ingredient, some other material will be mixed to meng'awesome right away it was like mango, peppers, onions, tomatoes and ginger. Among the Kadazan-Dusun, luster or Kinilau known as Hinava.
3. Putu (or Piutu)
4. Lato '
Latok or title given "Sea Grape" is a type of marine plants resemble small green grape size. Latok can be found in any market in Sabah and also served in any restaurant of seafood in Sabah. The taste is slightly salty eaten with chilli sauce, grilled fish and rice is still hot. Marine plants should be avoided from sunlight so that it does not wither. When Latok wither, it will be unpleasant. Milan always eat Latok ni. If you go the market in KK confirm mama bought to be eaten whole family.
5. Tehe'-Tehe '
Tehe'-Tehe rice cake '
Tehe, tehe is a type of seafood is popular among the Bajau East Coast. It is very nutritious and good for health. Its preparation is very simple, where you need to wash-tehe tehe, enter into it and boiled rice. After the rice is cooked, cut-tehe tehe and can be served. This is called a rice cake Tehe'-Tehe 'It feels like there is scarcely caviar but is tasty.
6. Material
Kima is a kind of sea shells is a traditional food Bajau East Coast. East Coast Bajau which is known as "Sea Gypsies" extremely reliable in diving and always gets Kima as a staple in the past. These foods can be eaten either raw (after cleaning) or after cooking. Clams are cooked always mixed with vegetables.
7. chipped (or Tinompeh / roasted / Sianglag)
Chipped or also known as Tinompeh is a food made from cassava. Cassava grated and squeezed the water (called flour 'Essence') will be fried without oil in a frying pan until it yellowish. Often chipped and used for food replacing rice and eaten with dishes such as vegetables and fish. It is also well known among the people of Sulu in Sabah.
8. Bamban (or Bianbam)
Bamban is also a kind of cooked food from flour 'Essence'. 'Essence' cassava is grated and squeezed the water until it becomes as if flour. Bamban prepared by incorporating the flour 'Essence' to the leaves (leaves such as banana leaves or palm tree leaves) and in-steam until cooked. Once cooked, it can be served and eaten with dishes such as vegetables and fish.
9. tayum (Sea Urchin)
Tayum, which is also known as sea urchins, seafood is one that has become a favorite food tradition of the East Coast of Sabah Bajau. It is easy to catch because of the slow movement. But be careful with sharp spines. Tayum are also emptied his way. It contained little colored yellow as saffron. It is delicious eaten alone or served with rice as a side dish.
10. kahanga
Seafood again! Baharu is a traditional Bajau East Coast. Most of the food from East Coast Bajau over to cassava as well as seafood. That's why it is all the food in this list over to seafood and tapioca. Most seafood restaurant in Sabah is providing this food. Her diet is not difficult. We just need to use a toothpick skewers (sometimes using the pin) to root out its tentacles. It is delicious eaten with gravy or samabal or eaten with rice.
Sagol is my brother's favorite food. It is a shark cooking with onions, tamarind juice, ginger and turmeric are the most important. Prior to cooking, the fish at first blanching in hot water, remove sand from the surface of the skin. Already smooth and clean, fresh stir-fry it with onions, ginger, turmeric fully finely crushed. After that put entered the fish and tamarind water.Do not forget to put salt and seasoning powder.The smell a little fishy. If no regular meals, eating this is good.One day after cooking and eating, we save a sagol on the dining table. Unfortunately, when my mother and my father found them, it had to be eaten by a cat.I remember it was bad and must not be eaten again. Actually, that's the way that food smells...by ABDUL RAHMAN
ReplyDeleteactually i do not how to eat the traditional food of this even though I'm bajau thoroughly, because my little less consuming these foods
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