Recipe of Thomas Keller Pempek or Mpek-mpek

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pempek or mpek-mpek. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pempek or Mpek-mpek is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Pempek or Mpek-mpek is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Pempek, mpek-mpek or empek-empek is a Savoury Indonesian fishcake delicacy, made of fish and tapioca. Pempek is served with rich sweet and sour sauce called. Pempek, mpek-mpek or empek-empek is a savoury Indonesian fishcake delicacy, made of fish and tapioca, from Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. Pempek is served with rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko (lit. vinegar sauce), or just "cuko".

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pempek or mpek-mpek using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pempek or Mpek-mpek:

1. Make ready For the Fish Cake :
2. Take 1 kg gram flesh of Spanish mackerels, grounded
3. Take 6 eggs yolks
4. Get 400 ml ice water
5. Make ready 4 tablespoon salt
6. Prepare 2 tablespoon white sugar
7. Take 2 teaspoon white pepper powder
8. Make ready 2 teaspoon garlic powder
9. Get 6 tablespoons vegetables oil
10. Prepare 1 kg - 1.5kg sago flour/ tapioka flour
11. Make ready For the Sauce (Cuko) :
12. Take 500 gram palm sugar
13. Take 4 tablespoons white sugar
14. Make ready 10 cloves garlic
15. Make ready 50 gram bird's eye chilli (optional)
16. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
17. Prepare 3 tablespoon tamarind paste (deepen on how sour you like)
18. Prepare 500 ml water
19. Make ready Additional Ingredients :
20. Get Cucumber
21. Make ready Egg noodles, cooked
22. Take Grinded dried shrimp (optional)

It will then be sliced into bite-size and served with lightly spicy, sweet and tangy. Choose from a wide range of similar scenes. Photo about Mpek-mpek or pempek. fish and tapioca served with rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or vinegar sauce. Lihat juga resep Pempek DOS Ny.

Steps to make Pempek or Mpek-mpek:

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).

Photo about Mpek-mpek or pempek. fish and tapioca served with rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or vinegar sauce. Lihat juga resep Pempek DOS Ny. Pempek, mpek-mpek or empek-empek is a savoury fishcake delicacy from Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia. It is made from fish, tapioca and spices. Pempek is served with yellow noodles and a dark, rich sweet, chili and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko.

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