GULAI BALUNG JODOG (LELUNG), Enjoyment of Eating Lamb Curry
Category : Culinary Tourism

Gnaw the meat still attached on the sidelines of the goats bone and suck the marrow give their own sensation, while occasionally sipping soup of gule balung. Gulai or gule balung or  Lelung (stand for gule balung) has more watery soup, so you will not feel the nauseated before spending a portion of lelung.

Several pieces of drinking straws deliberately provided in the table. Drinking straws as a vacuum suction the marrow which is still stored in the bones. One portion of lelung consists of 6-7 pieces of bone. Lelung was served with warm rice, a fresh vegetables consisting of sliced cabbage, cucumber, and tomato and soy sauce. Don’t forget to order a drink to accompany your dinner.

Wardoyo and Mujirah, the couple as a lelung owner only try to make the dish of lelung. But because the resolve and support of certain people, the business is now successful and searched by many people. Although the stall provided a variety of menu, such as satay, tongseng, goat and fried rice, lelung is the most typical dish. In fact, lelung is a mainstay menu, and most often searched when people come to stall at the Srandakan, Bantul. One day,  Wardoyo and Mujirah could spend 25 - 30 kilograms balungan that's imported from Bantul and surrounding areas.
 
Mujirah use the same seasoning with herbs in general gulai. There is only a special potion to establish a warm and spicy flavor that comes from the coriander, pepper, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, chilies, turmeric, and ginger. All the spices are ground into powder.

The lelung has a difference with other gulai. Wardoyo is able to eliminate the prengus (the smell of goat bone) to be serving a special lelung. ''I don't include the fat during the gulai cooking process. I also add lime leaves, bay leaves and laos to eliminate the smell prengus,''said Mujirah.
 
The meat of lelung is feels soft, even very easily separated from the bone. To get the soft meat require the long hours to cook. The lelung cooking process is not use the modern stove but only using two traditional stoves that made of bricks.
To enjoy of lelung, come to the stall between the hours of 10 am to 9 pm. Besides eating at stall directly in the village of Jodog Legi, Pandak, Jl. Srandakan km 1, the bowl of lelung can also be taken to home. The price per portion of lelung is Rp. 7500, - (Caecilia Novi)

Photo : Mahardika Sukma

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