PUTU MAKANAN TRADISI SUKU KAUM BAJAU PANTAI TIMUR SABAH

Putu merupakan salah satu makanan tradisi suku kaum Bajau Pantai Timur di Sabah dan mempunyai peranan yang sama dengan nasi iaitu sebagai makanan utama. Putu atau piutu ini boleh dijadikan makanan untuk menggantikan nasi. Orang tua suku kaum Bajau lebih suka makan putu berbanding nasi.

Putu dihasilkan sepenuhnya dari ubi kayu yang diparut halus. Proses penghasilan putu adalah seperti berikut :

Ubi kayu

Ubi kayu akan dibuang kulit, dibersihkan dan diparut

Diperah buang air dan jadi tepung ubi

Tepung di stim dan jadi putu

 Rasa putu agak kenyal dan masam sedikit. Sesuai dimakan dengan ikan Bakar, ikan goreng, ampap, sagol dan lain lain lauk tradisi sabah. Putu boleh tahan lama dan selalunya nelayan yang akan kelaut akan membawa bekal putu kerana ia boleh bertahan lama 2-3 hari. Selain itu apabila dimakan ia mengenyangkan dan boleh tahan lapar pun agak lama berbanding makan nasi.

Peringatan juga janganlah minum minuman bergas apabila makan putu kerana putu adalah ubi yang diproses dan akan berlaku tindak balas apabila meminum minuman bergas setelah memakan putu. Perut akan rasa kembung dan tidak menyenangkan.

Tehe Tehe Tradition of the Sea Bajau Sea Tradition

Sea urchins or their scientific name Echinoidea also known as Sea Boss Sea Bugs by sea lovers is the main killer of coral reefs. For any marine parks, attempts to kill sea urchins are always done to ensure coral reefs live fast.

But another story in Semporna Sabah, a region rich in beautiful islands and marine life including lush and beautiful corals never worries about the threat of sea urchins known as tehe tehe by Bajau Laut tribe. Because of the sea urchins or tehe tehe it is one of the deliciousest exotic dishes of the tradition and becomes one of the mandatory meals for the Bajau Semporna tribe.

The tehe tehe rice is distributed as ketupat. How to cook is almost equal. Just the rice tehe tehe this, rice in the input into the sea urchins that have been banned all, boiled and rice will mask with the contents of the sea urchin inside the shell. Some people use only shells to cook the tehe tehe rice, which removes all the organs of the sea urchin and only using their cages.

Often mixed ingredients other than rice that will be included in tehe tehe include salt, ginger or other food example shrimp, squid and so on. Tehe tehe is like a pot that can be used to cook ingredients only once.

The tehe tehe produced is usually besides being eaten with the family, it is also served to guests who come. There are also entrepreneurs who sell tehe tehe at stalls or stalls in Semporna Sabah.

Who came to Semporna should try tehe tehe ............