Resep Pempek Ikan Palembang Tidak Alot Dan Tidak Keras

mackerel fish

🥗Healthier: cod

💰Cheaper: pollock

Pollock is more affordable and still provides a good texture.

tapioca flour

🥗Healthier: brown rice flour

💰Cheaper: cornstarch

Cornstarch is often cheaper and can mimic the texture.

chili sauce

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Hot sauce can provide similar heat at a lower cost.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: liquid aminos

Liquid aminos are a lower-sodium option.

Break 2 eggs into a measuring stick and add half a teaspoon of salt, then shake until evenly mixed and set aside.

Prepare 500 grams of mashed mackerel fish in a large bowl and add 375 milliliters of water, stirring until evenly mixed.

Add 1 egg white to the fish mixture and stir until evenly mixed.

Add 1 tablespoon of salt and 1.5 teaspoons of powdered mushroom stock to the fish mixture, stirring until it thickens.

Prepare 400 grams of tapioca flour and gently stir it into the fish mixture without kneading hard, just turning it over until combined.

If the dough feels sticky, coat your hands with tapioca flour and ensure the dough is soft and not too sticky.

Weigh 100 grams of dough and roll it out gently into a good shape for pempek lenjer.

Boil a pot of water and add the pempek lenjer, cooking until it floats and looks fluffy.

Add enough vegetable oil to prevent the pempek from sticking together during frying.

Weigh 120 grams of dough for the big submarine pempek, shape it like a bowl, and add a whole raw egg before sealing it tightly.

Put the big submarine pempek into boiling water and cook until it floats and expands.

Weigh 20 grams of dough for the small submarine pempek, shape it like a bowl, add beaten eggs, and seal tightly before cooking in boiling water until it floats.

Drain the cooked pempek on a napkin after they have floated and look bigger.

Slice the pempek lenjer into small pieces before frying.

Heat oil until really hot and add the pempek to fry until cooked and dry.

Remove the fried pempek when they look dry and crunchy, and cut the big submarine pempek into smaller pieces before serving.

Cooking Techniques

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