Mpek-mpek

Pempek, mpek-mpek or empek-empek is a dish from Palembang made of fish and tapioca. Pempek is served together with a dark, rich sauce called cuka or cuko (vinegar) and Baso Palembang. Kuah Cuko is produced by adding brown sugar, chili pepper, garlic, vinegar, and salt to boiling water.

There are many varieties of pempek. One of the most famous types is the kapal selam (Indonesian: "submarine"), which is made from a chicken egg wrapped within the pempek dough and then deep-fried. Scientists says that the pempek kapal selam, being high in vitamin, protein, mineral, and carbohydrate content, is the most nutritious variety. Other varieties include pempek telur kecil (lit. small egg pempek), pempek keriting (lit. curly pempek), pempek pistel (lit. pistol pempek), pempek kulit ikan (lit. fish-skin pempek), pempek adaan, pempek lenjer, and pempek tahu (lit. tofu pempek).

My friend is from South Sumatera and she often serve me Mpek-mpek when I come to her house. So lucky.

By Nanda Eka Pratiwi