Pempek or Mpek-mpek

Name: Pempek or Mpek-mpek
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: For the Fish Cake :; 1 kg gram flesh of Spanish mackerels, grounded; 6 eggs yolks; 400 ml ice water; 4 tablespoon salt; 2 tablespoon white sugar; 2 teaspoon white pepper powder; 2 teaspoon garlic powder; 6 tablespoons vegetables oil; 1 kg - 1.5kg sago flour/ tapioka flour; 500 gram palm sugar; 4 tablespoons white sugar; 10 cloves garlic; 50 gram bird's eye chilli (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoon tamarind paste (deepen on how sour you like); 500 ml water; Cucumber; Egg noodles, cooked; Grinded dried shrimp (optional)

Kezia's Kitchen 👩‍🍳 @KeziaSmith

Morayfield, Queensland Australia

Pempek or Mpek-mpek is a delicacy from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. It is made of fish and sago flours and served together with a dark, rich sauce called cuko. Cuko is made from brown sugar, chilli pepper, garlic, vinegar, and salt to boiling water.
The most famous one is the Pempek Kapal Selam ( submarine), which is made from a chicken egg wrapped within the Pempek dough and then deep-fried.
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Kezia's Kitchen 👩‍🍳 @KeziaSmith

Morayfield, Queensland Australia

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Ingredients

For the Fish Cake :
1 kggram flesh of Spanish mackerels, grounded
6eggs yolks
400 mlice water
4 tablespoonsalt
2 tablespoonwhite sugar
2 teaspoonwhite pepper powder
2 teaspoongarlic powder
6 tablespoonsvegetables oil
1 kg- 1.5kg sago flour/ tapioka flour
For the Sauce (Cuko) :
500 grampalm sugar
4 tablespoonswhite sugar
10 clovesgarlic
50 grambird's eye chilli (optional)
1 teaspoonsalt
3 tablespoontamarind paste (deepen on how sour you like)
500 mlwater
Additional Ingredients :
Cucumber
Egg noodles, cooked
Grinded dried shrimp (optional)

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Steps

1

Grind all the ingredients to make fish cake, except sagoo/tapioca flour. Mix them well.
2

Then take 1 tablespoon of fish batter, add about 2-3 tablespoons of sagoo flour, mix and shape pempek as you wish (usually long and round). Set aside and shape the rest of batter until finished.
3

Boil the water using saucepan, and cook the pempek, about 15 minutes. When they are coming up to the surface, mean it cooked. Set aside.
4

Deep fry the cooked pempek.
5

Make the sauce (cuko): boil the water with all the ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then grind the sauce using food grinder or hand mixer, filter.
6

Serving: place the pempek in plate (you can cut into small pieces), add the noodle and then pour with the soup. Garnish with the cucumber. Some people like to add ebi (grinded dried shrimp).

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Kezia's Kitchen 👩‍🍳 @KeziaSmith

on August 04, 2019 05:43

Morayfield, Queensland Australia

Indonesian 🇮🇩 home cook living in Australia 🇦🇺Cooking is my passion and my happiness.I stay connected to my roots by sharing the taste of Indonesia from my kitchen to yours.My love for food is endless , let’s enjoy delicious recipes together!Cookpad Ambassador.