Pempek

Name: Pempek
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 400g white fish fillet, minced; 2 cups tapioca starch; 1 egg; Palm sugar, for the cuka sauce

Pempek/PEM-pek/

Also known as: Empek-Empek

About this dish

Fish and tapioca dumplings, deep-fried and served with a tangy, dark vinegar-based sauce.

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Ingredients

🐟400g white fish fillet, minced

🌾2 cups tapioca starch

🥚1 egg

🍯Palm sugar, for the cuka sauce

Method

Serves 4

Mix minced fish with tapioca starch, egg, and a little water into a dough.

Shape into ovals or cylinders.

Boil until they float, then deep fry until golden.

Make the cuka sauce by simmering palm sugar, vinegar, garlic, and chile.

Serve the pempek sliced with the sauce poured over or on the side.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Pempek is a specialty of Palembang, South Sumatra, traditionally made with local river fish and tapioca starch.

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