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POTENTIAL OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES:A POSSIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?71Coconut milk used in gulai (curry), is one of the mainingredients of the Malay kitchen. The Malays live inwind-blown areas and love to eat food with a hot/warm quality. Rice is the staple food. White rice is usedin main dishes, red rice is used as baby food and stickyrice is used as a dessert. Other foods include animals,fish, and plant foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts,roots and spices derived from domestic gardens andfrom the wild. Malays are taught to eat just enough torelieve hunger. Children are taught that evil spirits(setan) will come to eat with them if they consume toomuch.Food names Main ingredients Cooking methods Believe and benefit1.Anyangpakis2.Anyangjantung pisangdan ayam3.Nasi ladaPakis, red chilies,shallots, coconut,shrimps, lemongrass,galangal, ginger, lemonand saltFlower of stone banana(Pisang batu), chickenbreast (already boiled),coconut, red chilies,shallots, lemon,lemongrass, ginger andsaltRice, pepper, cloves,jintan, nutmeg,cardamom, ginger,turmeric, galangal,coriander seeds and saltFirst, boil pakis then put aside. Roastcoconut, then grind. Slice chilies andshallots thinly. Boil shrimps then grindthem with the other ingredients. Mix allthe ingredients together thoroughly.Squeeze a bit of lemon on it and add salt totaste.Boil water with a pinch of salt. Add thebanana flower (already peeled). Cut up thechicken. Roast a half a coconut until it isyellow, then grind it. With the other halfmake coconut milk. Slice shallots and redchilies thinly. Grind other ingredients fully.Mix everything together. Add a little lemonjuice and salt to taste. Pour on the coconutmilk and then mix thoroughly.Grind all ingredients then add rice. Boiltogether.Table 5: Food appropriate for improving the health of pregnant and breastfeeding women.Pakis is a vegetable which has a lot ofmucus. Due to its slipperiness, it is good forpregnant women to make birth easier. Butit is not suitable for people with headaches,stomach disorders and heart disease.This food is good for breastfeedingmothers. It helps to increase the mother’smilk. But if a person has a stomachdisorder, it may cause the disorder to recur.This food is commonly consumed bywomen for 40 days after childbirth. It helpsto increase mother’s milk and blood in themother’s body (which was lost in labor).After eating this, a mother will drink aspecial tonic made from red sugar,turmeric, tamarind and a pinch of salt. Inthis period mothers must not eat chili.Pepper will be used instead. This preventsthe child from getting diarrhea.Food names Main ingredients Cooking methods Believe and benefit1.Pergedelkeladi2.Sayur asamkeladi3.Pajeri nenasTaro, prawns, eggs,shallots, garlic, pepper,nutmeg and celeryleaves.Taro, stalk of taro, redchilies, shallots, candlenuts, dry shrimp,galangal, ginger,lemongrass, asamgelugur and sugarPineapple, red sugar,shallots, garlic, redchilies, cloves, coconutmilk, ginger, cardamom,bunga lawang,cinnamon and raisin.Peel and cut taro in small pieces. Washwith salt water. Grind finely. (If usingboyan taro boil it first). Grind prawn meat.Slice shallots and garlic, then fry them. Slicecelery leaves. Mix all ingredients into thetaro squash. Break in eggs. Add pepper andnutmeg. Mix them thoroughly. Make intosmall ball shapes. Fry in hot oil.Chop and dice taro. Peel off the skin of thetaro stalk, then chop and boil for amoment and wash again with cold water.Place aside. Grind all other ingredientsthen boil. When water has boiled, add taroand wait until it is soft.Chop pineapple into pieces then put aside.Pound ginger then squeeze out the juice.Slice shallots and garlic, then fry till yellow,then pour in coconut milk, sugar and all theother ingredients. Wait until boiled thenadd the pieces of pineapple. Boil for not toolong so the pineapple is not too pulpy.Dress with raisins.Table 6: Food appropriate for helping with high blood pressure and diabetes.This food is good for anyone who hasdiabetes. It can reduce blood sugar (taro isbelieved to be good for diabetics).This food is good for anyone who hasdiabetes. It can reduce blood sugar (taro isbelieved to be good for diabetics)This food helps to reduce blood pressurefor people with hypertension (It is believedthat pineapple is good for anyone with highblood pressure)The Work of the 2010/2011 API Fellows