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Emping is Indonesian chips, a bite-size snack kripik cracker, made of melinjo, belinjau, or belinjo (Gnetum Gnemon) nuts (which are seeds). Specifically, emping production is a home industry, with emping traditionally handmade in a labor-intensive process. Moreover, Melinjo nuts have numerous benefits because it contains a high amount of antioxidants, which contribute to treat cancer, heart disease, and aging.

First, the melinjo, belinjau, or belinjo seeds are sauteed in a medium fire without oil, or sometimes using sand as a medium. Additionally, some people boil the melinjo seeds to easy the peeling process.
Next, both the soft outer skin and the hard inner skin of the seeds are peeled off by hand. After that, each of the seeds is crushed with a wooden hammer-like instrument or pressed with a stone cylinder to create flat and round emping, and later arranged in a tray made of weaved bamboo and sun-dried for a whole day.
Each emping chip is commonly created from a single Gnetum nut, although there are variants that combine several seeds to create larger emping with sizes similar to Indonesian crackers.

Further, there are two types of emping thickness available in markets, thin and thick. Thin emping is usually plain or salty, while thick emping is usually sweet, coated with caramelized sugar, or spiced with chili pepper.

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