Special Cuisine of Palembang

Special Food

Pempek is typical of Palembang food that has been famous throughout the archipelago

The city has a large enough Tionghoa community. Foods such as Pempek or tekwan made from fish impressive "Chinese" taste "which condensed on the Palembang.

• Pempek, Palembang special food that has been famous throughout Indonesia. By using the basic ingredients of fish flesh and sago, Palembang society had managed to develop those basic ingredients into various types Pempek by varying the field as well as other additional ingredients such as eggs, fish skin, and know the basic ingredients. Variety types Pempek contained in Palembang, among others Pempek submarines, Pempek lenjer, Pempek kinky, Pempek circumstances, Pempek skin, Pempek know, Pempek pistel, Pempek shrimp, Pempek swing, Pempek roast, Pempek divisive, and Pempek brain - the brain. As a complement to eat Pempek, Palembang people used to add color blackish thick sauce made of boiled brown sugar, chili, and dried shrimp are by local people called the vinegar sauce (cuko).
• Tekwan, special food Palembang with similar appearance-based fish soup fish flesh and sago which formed a small - small fish which resemble meatballs then add the shrimp broth as a sauce, and mushroom Soun and as a complement.

Model, one of the delicacies prepared Pempek

Palembang Pindang typical catfish, taste spicy, sour, and savory

• Model, similar tekwan but the basic ingredients of meat shaped like a fish and sago Pempek knew then chopped - small shrimp and added broth as soup and Soun as a complement.
• Laksan, based and shaped like Pempek, chopped - small and then poured coconut milk gravy.
• Celimpungan, laksan similar, except that the dough is formed similar Pempek tekwan and drenched with coconut milk sauce.
• Celor noodle, yellow noodle-based rather large size of Japanese buckwheat noodle-like, doused with thick gravy and meat broth shrimp shrimp.
• Burgo, made from rice flour and sago flour pancakes shaped like a roll and then sliced, served with coconut milk sauce.
• Pindang Patin, one of the typical food-based Palembang catfish meat is braised with spicy seasonings and pineapple slices are usually added to give a fresh taste. Delicious eaten warm with white rice, it was tasty, spicy and fresh.
• Preserved bones, cow bones-based with some meat still attached and in the bone marrow, braised with spicy seasoning, as well as evaporation catfish, the food is delicious eaten as a side dish with warm white rice.
• Malbi, like rendang, only slightly sweet and savory taste.
• Tempoyak, special food-based Palembang durian meat sauteed with sliced peppers and onions, shaped like a sauce and eaten as a complement to regular food, unique taste and flavor.
• Brain - the brain, Pempek variants that have been spread throughout Indonesia, based similar Pempek added coconut milk and then wrapped in banana leaves, cooked with grilled over a charcoal fire, and usually eaten with chili sauce / peanut.
• Kemplang, based as Pempek, thinly sliced and then dried in the sun to dry. After drying Kemplang can be cooked with fried or baked until fluffy.
• Crackers, Kemplang similar, except that the dough is formed a circular, sun-dried, then fried.
• Maksubah cakes, pastries typical Palembang based primary duck eggs and sweetened condensed milk. Required for its production of eggs can reach about 28 grains. The dough is then processed like a layer cake batter. It was delicious, sweet, and legit. This cake is believed as one of the Palembang sultanate palace dish that is often presented as offerings to the guest of honor. However, when this cake can be found throughout maksubah Palembang and often served at holidays. " ^[11]
• Eight Hours cake, with cake-like batter maksubah, this cake is true - true to its name because in the drafting process took eight hours. Palembang typical cake is also often presented as offerings to the guest of honor and is often served at holidays.
• Srikayo cake, made from the main base of eggs and pandan leaves, shaped like a pudding. This green cake is usually eaten with sticky rice and has a sweet taste and sticky.