When we look at the 1st and 2nd pictures, we didn't noticed what kind of story to tell in this entry. For the next picture, it show us the large pots containing boiling gamat oil. And, they boiled the gamat oil using the traditional methods -- firewoods!
It was a new experience to me when i visited to Langkawi Island. It is because Gamat is a big business in Langkawi!!!
Hurm...where i got this picture?? On the way to Padang Matsirat, i noticed a large bottle of Gamat, the traditional medicine from the sea on the left side. It is the large Gamat Factory and shop known as Nusantara Maju Enterprise.
I go to the cafe and found Pn Saodah, workers at this shop. I ask her how can i get to know about process of Gamat. But she said sorry because at that moment, visitor cant enter at the processing side but she told me that the gamat cooking centre was opening to the public...I go to that place n took many picture. Be Caution!!
it was so hot!! So, below is the result!!!! :D
HERE!! I have something to share...:)
The word Gamat, the Malay word for sea cucumber, refers to medicinal remedies derived from several species of the Holothuroidea family. The golden sea cucumber (Stichopus horrens) is commonly used. Gamat is usually the dried, powdered bodies of sea cucumbers made into a lotion or other topical salve. It is sometimes mixed into clay and applied as a facial mask, or put in tea and consumed for stomach complaints. Users believe that a solution of sea cucumbers can heal cuts, skin eruptions, and ulcers, and claim that it has a beneficial effect on the immune system. Sea cucumbers in the waters of Malaysia have been over-harvested to supply consumers of the folk remedy, and as a result the animal and its products are becoming scarce. Efforts to restock the fishery have not generally been successful. Recently, a sea cucumber aquaculture operation was opened on the shores of several Malaysian islands to increase the gamat supply.
( source from wikipedia )
And here is a picture of sea cucumber that i got from google....