Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the history and context of the community of Javanese-Thai Muslims descent in Bangkok. 2) To study the wisdom and culture of food in religious ceremonies of Javanese-Thai Muslims descent in Bangkok and 3) to prepare a traditional recipe for Nasi ambeng in the rituals of Javanese-Thai Muslims. This research is a qualitative and experimental research with data collection and sensory testing. The sample consisted of 50 households of Javanese-Thai Muslims descent and 10 community scholars. The research instruments were interviews, questionnaires and a 9-point hedonic scale sensory test. The statistics used for analysis were mean and standard deviation. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
The results showed that 1) Javanese-Thai Muslims in Bangkok are descended from Javanese Muslims who migrated to live in Thailand since the reign of King Chulalongkorn. Subsequently, they settled and expanded their households and built a mosque as the center of the mind until it became a community of Javanese-Thai Muslims descent to the present. 2) Javanese-Thai Muslims descent also inherit the cultural identity of food trays for using in religious ceremonies to recognize the deceased, the Nasi ambeng, which consists of 7 types of food. These are Opor ayam, Sambel goreng, Perkedel,Serundeng, Karang asem, Tongkol goreng and rice. 3) Prepare Nasi ambeng, a traditional tray recipe that is used in rituals and test results from a total of 5 recipes found that Opor ayam from recipe No 4, Sambel goreng in recipe No.3, Perkedel in recipe No. 3, Serundeng in recipe No.1, Karang asem in recipe No. 4 and the Tongkol goreng in recipe No. 2 were the most accepted.