SPECIAL DISH....

This is It! Empek-Empek Veggie Ala Tiara Queen!

Hi friends, do u know what the special food of Palembang is? That’s right! The answer is empek-empek. Empek-empek is usually made of Tenggiri fish and sago. However, empek-empek that I’m going to tell you isn’t made of Tenggiri fish. It’s made of potato!

Potato? How could it be? Well, for a vegetarian Tenggiri fish is changed with potato to make delicious empek-empek. Don’t you believe it? Let me explain it to you. Imagine you’re watching Ala Chef now and I as Chef Tiara is going to tell about the process of making empek-empek. Here we go! ^^

You will need 250 grams of potato, 300 grams of sago, 50 grams of flour, 2 eggs, a teaspoon of sugar, a teaspoon of salt, and a little seasoning. First, potatoes are boiled or steamed. Next the potatoes are mashed. Then flour is mixed into hot water and stirred till it’s like porridge. After that, the mashed potatoes, porridge flour, eggs, salt, sugar, and seasoning are mixed together. They have to be stirred until the mixture blended. Then sago is added gradually into the mixture until they forms dough which isn’t sticky and can be easily shaped. The very common type of empek-empek is lenjer whose shape is long and round. The next step after the dough is shaped is boiling them and let them cooked until they’re floating. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to boil them. After that, empek-empek lenjer is taken aside on the plate. You can eat it directly or you can also fry it then.

Empek-empek is much better served with dark liquid which is called cuko. It will make the taste of empek-empek more delicious. Therefore I’ll also explain you how to make cuko.

You will need 100 grams of palm sugar, 250 cc of water, 10 small chilies (cabe rawit), a little asam jawa, a little salt, sugar, and one jeruk kunci. First, palm sugar, water, asam jawa are boiled together. Then the chilies are mashed until they’re smooth. After that, the chilies are mixed into the boiling palm sugar water. A little salt and sugar are added into it. Then the squeezing of jeruk kunci is added into it too. Last, they’re stirred until they’re boiling.

Well, this is it! Empek-Empek Veggie ala Tiara Queen! It’s ready to serve with dark cuko! You wanna try? :D