ROGOJAMPI – Cassava Cemplung is one of the culinary specialties of the residents of Gumukagung Hamlet, Gintangan Village, Rogojampi Kecamatan District. But unfortunately, This sweet food is starting to be abandoned and hard to find. Cemplung cassava is the result of innovation by brown sugar artisan farmers.
They, get creative in making food by cooking tubers using sap water (ingredients for brown sugar) and thus created a sweet dish known as cemplung. It is called cemplung because the cooking process is by dipping it (entered). From several types of tubers, it turns out that cassava is the right choice for the diplung.
"Other materials can also, like bananas, bump, and sweet potato,Yusron said, one of the local youths. According to Yusron, this cemplung food is now very hard to come by. Because of that traditional food, can only be made by people who work as brown sugar craftsmen.
“For the cooking process must also coincide with cooking brown sugar,He said. Cemplung cassava used to be found in Gumukagung Hamlet, Gintangan Village. Understood, the area used to be full of coconut and tuber trees- tubers. But, Nowadays, traditional dishes are starting to be difficult to find.
"We plan to open a special interest tour package, one of them is making brown sugar while enjoying this traditional cassava cemplung food," he said. (radar)
