Almost 3 months ago, I was in Indonesia.
Palembang was my first port of call before I went on to Jogjakarta.
Part of what I love about travelling is learning about the culture of a place. Indonesia is rich with that!
For Palembang, specifically, one such item is the food!
Now, “Pempek” (or “empek-empek”) is a savoury fishcake delicacy from Palembang, made of fish and tapioca.
Fortunately, I was able to learn how to make authentic Palembang Pempek while I was there!
The basic ingredients are pretty simple – fishmeat, water, monosodium glutamate/MSG and salt.
But I’d rather show you how to make it rather than type it all out so, here is my video recording of some aunties from St Stefanus, Palembang, teaching us how to make authentic Palembang pempek!
(Don’t worry, all the important stuff are subtitled in all my videos – remember to click the “CC” button to activate subtitles!)
Pempek is served with rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko or just “cuko”. And this is how to make cuko:
The above is the basic Palembang Pempek. For other variants, you can check my other videos below as well:
Pempek kulit/Fish-Skin Pempek:
Pempek kapal selam/Submarine Pempek
Pempek telur kecil/Small Egg Pempek
Pempek pistel/Papaya pempek
Good luck! Let me know if you succeed and how it taste yeah!
Even better, let me try your creation too! =D
Perfect IMPerfections 