CookingTimor-Leste

tara bandu no monta rumpon ne’ebe hodi
halibur ikan sira. Medidas ida ne’e hatudu
rezultadu positivu tebes. Ikan hanesan
bainar ne’ebe mak ka’er iha área rumpon
fera no habai husi feto sira atu halo ikan
maran ne’ebe gostu hodi fa’an iha merkadu
Beloi no mós uza ba han iha sira nia familia
uma laran.
Feto sira iha fatin seluk, hanesan Uaruana,
involve mós iha hakiak budutasi, hahú husi
kesi budutasi nurak iha tali, depois hamoos
foer ka du’ut algae belit, antes kolleta
no prepara atu ba fa’an. Budutasi balun
fa’an ba turista lokál hanesan Alberto iha
merkadu Beloi; balun fa’an ba kooperativa
lokál sira. Dala barak fa’an la hotu no susar
ba sira atu hetan presu ne’ebe di’ak. Iha
tinan hirak liu ba orgnizasaun Empreza Di’ak
koko atu prodús budutasi maran atu fa’an
ba loja iha Dili, opsaun seluk oinsá hetan
folin ne’ebe di’ak no bele rai ho durasaun ba
tempu naruk.
using a customary protection mechanism (tara
bandu); they also installed a fish aggregating
device (FAD or rumpon). These measures
have shown positive results. Some fish caught
around the FAD, like mackerel scads and
fusiliers, are sun-dried by Adara women to
make delicious dried fish which are sold at
Beloi Market and also eaten by their families.
Women in other communities, like Uaruana,
are also involved in seaweed farming, which
starts by tying young plants onto lengths of
rope, then cleaning off sediment and epiphytic
algae, before harvesting and preparing the
product for sale. Some seaweed is sold at
Beloi Market, to local tourists like Alberto;
some is sold to local cooperatives. However,
often there is unsold product and it can be
difficult to get a good price. In the last few
years, non-profit organisation Empreza Di’ak
has tested producing dried Atauro seaweed to
sell in Dili, to demonstrate another option for
seaweed farmers – one that adds value and
has a longer shelf life.
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Te’in ikan no hahán tasi iha Timor - Leste