Juwana is one of the districts in Pati Regency, Central Java and located on the north coastline of Java (Pantura). Juwana is famous for brass craft industry and also Fish Processing Business (UPI) especially processing of Bandeng Presto fish.
Bandeng Presto is a bandeng fish processed cooked with Presto Panci or pressure cooker in a way of work using heated water so that it produces high pressure steam that can make fish meat soft and thorns become soft.
The first Presto Bandeng was produced in 1977 by Hanna Budimulya who was born in Pati, was originally produced in small scales but over time many people were polluted so that the production was increasingly growing.
The village of bandeng fish as the identity of the bandeng fish producing area in Pati, Central Java.
The work of cleaning bandeng fish in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The first presto banding manufacturing process of banding fish is seasoned with garlic, turmeric, and salt, then the already given banding fish wrapped in banana leaves, after which it is inserted into the presto pan and locked tightness and set the pressure, and then the banding fish will mature evenly.
Presto banding marketing includes traditional markets in Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta and Jakarta city at Rp8000 per box ( 3-4) for cookers and Rp8000-10.000 per box (fill 2) for frying bands.
Although the COVID-19 pandemi struck the world and lubricate the economy but it is not too influential in the fish processing business of the bandeng in the place and still produces due to the demand of presto banding fish processed products is relatively stable at a relatively affordable price.
Ikan bandeng before processed in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The work of sprinkling salt spices in the village of Dukutalit, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The Hot Head of Bina Mutu and Fishery Business of DKP District Pati Sriwati recorded, in 2020 there were 40 Fish Processing Enterprises (UPI) scattered in Juwana District and most in Dukuhtalit Village with a variety of production capacity between 10-30 kilograms per day for small processing scale and 30-50 kilograms of medium processing scale and above 50 kilograms for large processing scale.
A variety of local district government efforts to advance Fish Processing Business (UPI) is by providing a good and correct fish processing and training to fish processing groups and fish marketers especially presto banding.
While the central government through the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (KKP) has provided the help of means and fish processing infrastructure such as cheese freezer, presto pan, cool box and other processing facilities as well as various fish seeds as an effort to increase fishery production in Pati district.
The work of entering the bandeng fish into the presto pan in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The work opens the key on the presto pan cover in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
Local government hopes the processing of Bandeng Presto fish in Juwana not only produce household scales only but develops to produce the industry scales in the future, due to the presence of Fish Processing Business (UPI) it is much absorbing labor as well as able to jack the economy of citizens becomes better.
Text and photo : Joseph Nugroho
Author : Fanny Octavianus
The work of entering the bandeng fish into the presto pan in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The food of fish processing business is the presto bandeng in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The work organizes presto bandeng in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The work gives yellow coloring with turmeric on bandeng fish in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.
The work shows bandeng fish in Dukutalit Village, Juwana, Pati, Central Java.