Update about Robi. Part 2

The warung where they work is closed for fasting month. The aunt that owns the warung was sick too. So during this month, their income is kinda halted. People with hard life are trained to strive; without the warung, Robi’s mom managed to get some seasonal orders to make “kerupuk jengkol”.

“We do anything to ensure our next meal”, she said.

Here are some pictures taken when we visited her:

1. Half the jengkol bean

2. Lightly fry the jengkol bean

3. Fried jengkol bean

4. Crush the bean into sheets using some heavy stone, swipe a little salt during the process

5. What it looks like after crushing, still pliable - need to dry it under the sun

6. Drying it under sun, depends on the weather, usually takes 2 days

7. This is what kerupuk jengkol looks like after being fried and seasoned with chilli paste. Picture is taken from here.

and this is the video of Robi's mom crushing the bean into sheets