Sambal Tinuktuk Makanan Khas Simalungun Bermanfaat Bagi Kesehatan di Desa Nagori Marubun Lokkung Kec. Dolok Silalu Kab. Simalungun

Abstract

This thesis is entitled: “Sambal Tinuktuk, a Typical Simalungun Food Beneficial for Health in Nagori Marubun Lokkung Village, Kec. Dolok Silalu Kab. Simalungun. The background for conducting this research is the potential for preserving traditional food which can be said to be quite good in order to maintain the culture that has been passed down by our ancestors. However, this traditional food is still not many people know well in terms of knowledge about the materials and tools used, the manufacturing process such as the process of stripping the material, chopping the roasting process and finally the manduda (smoothing) process, the benefits contained in traditional food such as postpartum mothers, enhancers endurance, rojanon (tired from work), appetite enhancer, menstruation, and how the community and the younger generation view the existence of this traditional food in the form of tinuktuk chili sauce. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method that is descriptive in nature so that in this study a fact collection technique will be used with two types of fact, namely primary fact and secondary fact. Primary fact collection techniques are participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and secondary data collection techniques to obtain results from literature studies. The results of this study indicate that the people of Marubun Lokkung Village, Dolok Silau District, Simalungun Regency are concerned about ancestral heritage which makes culture the identity of a culture, region, or tribe. Because indeed this traditional food or tinuktuk sambal is still often found, for example in Traditional Markets which operate on Tuesdays from 07:00-18:00 WIB. There are also many people in this village who know how to make tinuktuk sambal because this tinuktuk sauce was previously processed to become a side dish at meals. Over time, people feel that apart from fulfilling their food needs, this chili also has the benefit of making the body much fresher. So from there the people of this village believed and continued to consume tinuktuk sauce