Cheat Pempek (Fried Fish Cake in Sour Soup)

Name: Cheat Pempek (Fried Fish Cake in Sour Soup)
Total time: 18000 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g white fish; 120 g Tapioca flour; 60 g wheat flour (or just use tapioca); 1 cup (250 g) water (iced/cold); 2 cloves garlic, minced; to taste Salt and pepper; Vegetable oil for deep frying; 2 tablespoon vinegar (I use malt); 1.5 cup (375 ml) water; 1 tablespoon garlic powder; Salt and pepper; 5 tablespoons palm sugar; to taste Chili powder; 2 teaspoons dried shrimp; 4 teaspoons dried tamarind; 6 eggs, boiled; 1 cucumber, diced

K's @cook_21707893

Back when I was little, my mother used to make a lot of this as she learnt from my grandaunt. However, the older she is, it is easier to just buy from stall instead. I sometime miss pempek, in #mycookbook, I make a cheat version.

Utensil:food processor, wok, spoon, knife

K's @cook_21707893

Utensil:food processor, wok, spoon, knife

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Ingredients

1.5 hour

6 servings

500 gwhite fish
120 gTapioca flour
60 gwheat flour (or just use tapioca)
1 cup (250 g)water (iced/cold)
2 clovesgarlic, minced
to tasteSalt and pepper
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Soup/Cuko
2 tablespoonvinegar (I use malt)
1.5 cup (375 ml)water
1 tablespoongarlic powder
Salt and pepper
5 tablespoonspalm sugar
to tasteChili powder
2 teaspoonsdried shrimp
4 teaspoonsdried tamarind
Garnish
6eggs, boiled
1cucumber, diced

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Steps

1.5 hour

1

Blitz the fish with the water inside a food processor. If you don't have a food processor, you can steam or boil the fish together with the water until it soften. then you can mix it together with the dry ingredient. Just ensure that the end batter is cold so that it's crunchy when fried.
2

Boil the egg, preferably hard boiled. Set aside.
3

Prepare the oil in the wok for deep frying. Traditionally you shape the batter to different shapes according to the filling, with the most common cylindrical, and half moon with egg filling. However, this is a cheat version, so just shape them with 2 spoons and put them straight to the oil to deep fry. You can fry them and store or store then fry, up to you.
4

After you finish frying, you can make the soup/ cuko. Feel free to adjust the taste as I usually eyeball the garlic and the chili.
5

Serve by cutting 4 pempek to bite sized chunks, 1-2 halves of boiled egg, and 1-2 tablespoon of cucumber. Add the soup. Originally it should be dipped but I like to drench the crispy fish cake and crunchy cucumber in cold sauce.
6

Enjoy.

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on July 05, 2020 20:32

No-recipe, 1-hour or less batch cooker for 1. I usually buy grocery monthly, so recipes are usually pantry staples + dry ingredients. I also like microwave oven! Mostly SEA-inspired cooking. I apparently do a lot of fusions.