Name : Maria Ulfah
SRN : 1401120981
Subject : Writing II
”Tapai Gambut”
Tapai Gambut
is a special food from South Kalimantan. The tasted of this food is very
sweet and sometimes watery. Like the other tapai, which is shaped a
round and the color is green. But it is smaller than the other. The sweet taste
is product by the fermentation for 3 days. We need some material to make
it, there are Glutinous rice, water, yeast, and food coloring. But the
people at there usually using nature coloring food, they used powder\water of Katu’s
leaf. This food wrapped by Banana’s
leaf but sometimes it also wrapped by plastic . "The conclusion, Tapai
Gambut is a popular food that has special taste from Palangka Raya."
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Tapai
: a food of Glutinous rice
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Gambut
: a district in South Kalimantan
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Watery
: containing water
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Fermentation
: a metabolic process that converts sugar to acid, gases or alcohol.
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Yeast
: fungus used in making beer wine, or bride rise.
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Katu
: a plant production produce green color
