CookingTimor-Leste

Defariti no Uma Peskas
iha Ililai
Tinan hirak liu ba, WorldFish halo enkontru
ida ho komunidade sira iha Ililai–Laivai
munísipiu Lautém atu introdús programa
foun hasa’e aktividade vida moris peskas
nian. Depois enkontru, ami hotu han meudia
hamutuk, hanesan baibain enkontru ho
komunidade no eventu sira iha Timor-Leste.
Momentu han meudia iha ne’eba, iha hahán
husi tasi ida ne’ebe mak foun los mai ha’u
– mezmu ha’u gosta han no koko han ona
hahán oioin no hela besik tasi dezde sei ki’ik
to’o bo’ot! Budu ne’e toradu no fresku halo
husi tipu budutasi ne’ebe matak hanesan
budutasi duni maibé ninia gostu la hanesan.
Feto Ililai sira ne’ebe mak prepara ida ne’e
esplika katak sira foti budutasi oin lima iha
tasi ibun sira besik iha ne’eba. Ida ne’e sira
bolu ho naran defariti (lian Makasae) ka asu
liman (lian Tetun) tanba ninia testura ne’ebe
kabuar hanesan bolaun no atu hanesan ho
asu nia liman fuan ida okos.
Depois enkontru dahuluk, vizita sira tuir
mai WorldFish serbisu hamutuk ho grupu
membru komunidade balun ne’ebe ho
dedikasaun no suporta husi autoridade
lokál Ililai nian, halo dezeñu no implementa
atividade inisiativu ne’e. Grupu ne’e deside
hari’i centru peskas ida hodi sira uza ba loke
restaurante ki’ik no fa’an ikan. Hafoin dezeñu
ba ‘uma peska’ iha ona no sira konkorda ba
malu sé mak prepara material no serbisu,
feto no mane serbisu hamutuk kahur masa,
Defariti seaweed and the
Fish House in Ililai
A few years ago, WorldFish held a
community meeting in Ililai–Laivai in Lautém
municipality to introduce a new fishery
livelihood enhancement program. After
the meeting, we all ate lunch together, as
is usual after community meetings and
events in Timor-Leste. At that lunch, one of
the seafood dishes was new to me – even
though I love eating, have tried many kinds
of food and grew up near the sea! It was
a fresh, crispy salad made from a type of
seaweed that was green like other seaweed
but tasted quite different. The Ililai women
who had prepared it explained that they
collected five types of seaweed along the
coast nearby. This one was called defariti
(Makasae language) or asu liman (Tetun) –
meaning ‘dog’s paw’ – because its round,
bumpy texture looks a bit like the underside
of a dog’s paw.
That first meeting led to many further
visits as WorldFish worked together with a
group of dedicated community members
and the local Ililai authorities to design
and implement the initiative. The group
decided to build a fishery centre where they
could open a small restaurant and sell fish.
After the ‘fish house’ design was sketched
out and it was agreed who would provide
which materials and labour, women and
men worked together to mix cement, lay
the concrete blocks, collect sand and gravel
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