Salma Antuke, 40, likes to spend the day walking through the mangroves in Mootilango village, Pohuwato Regency, Gorontalo, looking for fruit.

For one small basket of ripe, green-colored spindle-shaped fruits (Bruguiera gymnorhiza), she is able to produce two large jars of snacks.

First, however, she will have to soak the fruit for three days. "That will eliminate the chemical content in the fruits," she explained.

Salma said she often worked with othe