Otaheite Apple

Balinese people call this fruit kedondong (Spondias dulcis). It tastes very sour when it’s young and the flesh is crunchy, its shape resembles that of a mango. It’s commonly used for ingredients of rujak (assorted fruit in sweet-sour sauce). While some people take it advantage of it for the cepala or component of oblation, particularly in the rite for rice at the pre-harvest time, when the rice is turning yellow and rites in the rice granary after harvesting.
Kedondong or otaheite apple, beside for rujak, it’s sometimes used to make fruity candy, fruit slices added with salt and refined sugar. By doing so, it can last longer.
By new developments in the agricultural field, people these days can cultivate practical new hybrids, so people can plant it in pots in the garden. This new one can bear fruit at a height of less than one meter.
(BTN/Punia)

An Appealing Sun Cake

The contents of offerings presented at religious ceremonies comprises of some elements like leafs, flowers, fruit and cake. One of the cakes that is commonly used for fillers for offerings is jajan matahari, or sun cake. Its shape is round with a cross sign inside and many dents on each side.
The cake is made of rice flour, wheat flour, coconut milk, refined sugar salt and water. Make a batter of the ingredients, soak the mould into the batter, take out and put into the preheated deep-frying oil. Shake the mould for a while to make the batter release. Wait a moment until it’s well done and then take it out. (BTN/029)