It is engkabang fruit season again in Saratok, and, I was back to Ulu Krian to experience it myself. Here are some photos of the steps in processing engkabang fruit for sale.
Photo above shows the engkabang fruit. The fruit have three to five petals attached to them as shown below.
Before we can sell it, the fruits need to be dried and the common method is to smoke it for at least 48 hours. We need to remove the petals before the smoking process begin.
Photo above shows a standard smoking platform.
The dried fruit is determined by how crunchy it is. When you can easily break the shell, then it is dry enough.
Here is the fruit, dried and with its shell removed – ready to be sold. Current market price can fetch up to RM2.20 per kilo in Sarikei.
The shell makes a good fire.. (and it catches fire easily too) and for safety reason, please dispose it away from your homes.
I hope to experience the next engkabang season – probably in the year 2017!!
February 18th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Congratulations on your article on Engkabang Processing.
Your method is a bit different from the Btg Rejang Method. In the Rejang side :
gumpul>tuko (muai daun system)>rendam (for few days)>kupak kulit and then jembi(jemboi) or asap aba para sampai rangkai.
February 18th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
i think and think and think and figured it out. 2017, you’ll harvest your own engkabang from your own tree?
February 18th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
that is what people call photograph!
March 22nd, 2010 at 6:01 am
Nice documentation, once in every 7 years process. I wonder what the end product of the engkabang is, any idea?
March 28th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Good day! I have linked your post to a post which I have been researching for on Empurau fish. I hope it is ok for you?
March 28th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
[...] flesh with special aroma which is mainly due to its special diet of ‘Buah Kabang’ or Engkabang(as in The Star). For the fish to be suitable for the table, it needs to be at least 3kg and above [...]
March 29th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Jason Wong, not a problem. Thank you.
February 14th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
hi, i’m from Johor Bahru and i am looking for engkabang fruits for our fish or
few engkabang trees to plant near our house..can you help us?