{"id":4617,"date":"2022-02-17T07:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:25:56","slug":"whats-behind-a-bowl-of-pakis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/en\/whats-behind-a-bowl-of-pakis\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Behind a Bowl of Pakis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4617\" class=\"elementor elementor-4617\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2ee3e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2ee3e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3960b4\" data-id=\"a3960b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4f739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4f739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pakis, an edible fern that grows in peatlands and along riverbanks, is a daily source of nutritious meals in Central Kalimantan. In Tumbang Nusa village, people will travel downriver for about an hour just to collect the ferns \u2013 and to later serve a bowl of <em>pakis<\/em> in their kitchen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08f9c63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08f9c63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8057831\" data-id=\"8057831\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c05905 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c05905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pakis-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4628\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pakis-1.jpg 936w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pakis-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pakis-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pakis-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The YTS communications team accompany the villagers on a canoe trip to look for ferns.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3df8d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3df8d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-246b98a\" data-id=\"246b98a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1719ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1719ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Garinda (48) is a housewife who often gathers these edible ferns along the riverbank with her family. She says the hot weather just does not bother her much, and that her mother and all the older generations have always harvested <em>pakis<\/em> in the same way.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>She did not say much while in the canoe, not even to her son. She just relished the cool breeze while keeping an eye out for a good patch of ferns. She seemed to have a keen sense for that.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cIt is growing nearby, we will stop here,\u201d she said to the motorist.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Then suddenly she leapt from the boat and sprinted halfway into a patch of overgrowth. Under the burning sun, she picked off the shoots with lively movements of her quick hands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539d7fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539d7fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eda152a\" data-id=\"eda152a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b81822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b81822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4629\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis2.jpg 936w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ibu Garinda picking pakis under the scorching sun. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f249ef9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f249ef9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22a1008\" data-id=\"22a1008\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ece8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ece8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe can only harvest from a pakis patch once every three days. If we keep doing it every day, it is not good for the ferns and the texture of the fern leaves gets hardened,\u201d she added.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>She explained that the villagers identify three types of edible pakis ferns: bajai (Diplazium esculentum), kelakai (Stenochlaena palustris), and lampasau (Diplazium esculentum Swartz). The distinction is that the former is green in color and only grows along the riverbank. The latter, on the other hand, is red in colour, and is usually found growing only in the peat soils.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cFor us, the tastiest is bajai, then kalakai. Lampasua is also good but the texture is somewhat harder than the others,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The roots of the edible ferns are also considered to be herbal treatments for a variety of illnesses. The Dayak people of Tumbang Nusa believe the roots to be useful for treating asthma and heart disease and have used them in this way from generation to generation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bce3843 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bce3843\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5808f7b\" data-id=\"5808f7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a782599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a782599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4630\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis3.jpg 936w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis3-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Garinda with the pakis roots which are used as herbal medicine. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fe80ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fe80ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1250b73\" data-id=\"1250b73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce127eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce127eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apart from foraging these ferns to help feed her family, Garinda also sells some of her harvest at the local vegetable market. She can harvest 100 to 200 bunches of ferns in a single day.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>After 30 minutes of picking <em>bajai<\/em>, she asked the canoe driver to move on to a different location. And her face brightened when she discovered another patch of even more succulent ferns in the next location. Ferns soon filled her bucket to the brim, so it was time to go home and cook.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h5><b>Simply Delicious<\/b><\/h5><p>Garinda explained that the recipe for cooking <em>pakis<\/em> is very simple. Just add salt, chilli, and onions. And some of the older generation also use coconut leaves to get a saltier taste.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The ferns can be saut\u00e9d or simply boiled. Bamboo shoots may also be mixed together with the fern shoots. And coconut milk is also used by those who prefer a savory gravy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c799acf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c799acf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5493db6\" data-id=\"5493db6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1b350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce1b350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4631\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis4.jpg 936w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Parkis4-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A bowl of pakis soup with coconut milk. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b56fcd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b56fcd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56ec6a7\" data-id=\"56ec6a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deecc7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"deecc7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Nutritional Facts <\/strong><\/h5><p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/kalteng.litbang.pertanian.go.id\/ind\/\">Irawan<\/a> et al. (2006), <em>kalakai<\/em> contains a high concentration of Fe (41.53 ppm), Cu (4.52 ppm), vitamin C (15.41 mg\/100g), protein (2.36 percent), beta carotene (66.99 ppm), and folic acid (11.30 ppm).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98650b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98650b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6aba8e\" data-id=\"e6aba8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ff7c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15ff7c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><u>References: <\/u>Irawan, Daisy &amp; Wijaya, Christofora &amp; Limin, Suwido &amp; Hashidoko, Yasuyuki &amp; Osaki, Mitsuru &amp; Kulu, Ici. (2006). Ethnobotanical study and nutrient potency of local traditional vegetables in Central Kalimantan. Tropics. 15. 10.3759\/tropics.15.441.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakis, an edible fern that grows in peatlands and along riverbanks, is a daily source of nutritious meals in Central Kalimantan. 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