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''Cakalang fufu'' is a cured and
smoked Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food, particularly meat, fish and tea, by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. In Europe, alder is the traditional smoking wood, but ...
skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only member of the genus ''Katsuwonus''. It is also known as katsuo, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna or victor fish. ...
clipped on a
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frame, a Minahasan delicacy of
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, Indonesia.


Process

After the ''cakalang'' (Minahasan for skipjack tuna) fish is cleaned (scaled and gutted), the flesh of the ''cakalang'' is split into two parts and clipped to a bamboo frame that has been prepared previously. Then the fish meat is cured using soda powder,
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, and some spices for flavouring. The cakalang meat later undergoes the
smoking Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted, and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person. Most commonly, the substance used is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, whi ...
process; the heat of fire and smoke must be evenly distributed so that all parts of fish are exposed to the heat, done, and dried. The tuna meat curing process takes about four hours and the cooling process takes about two hours. The process goes on until the color of the skipjack tuna turns reddish and the meat texture is rather dry and not watery. If processed correctly, cakalang fufu could last for a month, thus can be distributed throughout Indonesia as processed
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. In North Sulawesi, cakalang fufu is a popular dish and often bought by travellers as gifts. Although it is well known throughout Eastern Indonesia, the main production center more precisely is the fishing town of
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, North Sulawesi. Cakalang fufu can be heated or fried and directly consumed with
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accompanied with ''dabu-dabu'' (Minahasan
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), or become the ingredient of other dishes, such as mixed with
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, sprinkled upon
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s or
tinutuan Tinutuan, also known as ''bubur manado'' or Manadonese porridge, is a specialty of the Manado cuisine and a popular breakfast food in the city of Manado and the surrounding province of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ingredients Tinutuan is a congee ...
, or cooked as spicy rica-rica with
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. It has a strong smoky flavor, thanks to being cooked over burning coconut husks.


Product distribution

Cakalang fufu products can be found in major cities across Indonesia. A common problem for local producers of cakalang fufu is raising the capital necessary to expand production. To solve this problem the
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provides concessional loans (
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s) through local governments. Local governments also participate in fairs and festivals to increase public awareness of cakalang fufu.


See also

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Smoked fish Smoked fish is fish that has been cured by smoking. Foods have been smoked by humans throughout history. Originally this was done as a preservative. In more recent times, fish is readily preserved by refrigeration and freezing and the smoking o ...
* Smoked salmon *
Kipper A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering wood chips (typically oak). In the United Kin ...
* Bloater *
Buckling In structural engineering, buckling is the sudden change in shape (Deformation (engineering), deformation) of a structural component under Structural load, load, such as the bowing of a column under Compression (physics), compression or the wrin ...
*
List of smoked foods This is a list of smoked foods. Smoking (cooking), Smoking is the process of seasoning, flavoring, cooking, or food preservation, preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Foods have been smoke ...
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List of tuna dishes This is a list of notable tuna dishes, consisting of foods and dishes prepared using tuna as a primary ingredient. Tuna is a versatile ingredient that is used in a variety of dishes, including entrees, sandwiches, sushi, salads, appetizers, soups ...


References


External links


Cakalang Fufu Potato Salad recipe
(in Indonesian)

(in Indonesian)

(in Indonesian) {{Indonesian cuisine Smoked fish Tuna dishes Fish processing Indonesian seafood dishes Manado cuisine