PEMPEK & ES CENDOL : I LOVE STREET FOOD!!
Hello there...
I want to review the traditional food and drink which are
originated from ethnic group of Indonesia. There are Pempek (Mpek – mpek) and
Es Cendol. Hmm... they’re my favorite street snacks. Indeed ^^
Okay let’s check this out...
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| Healthy Snacks... Yummy <3 |
First, Pempek or Mpek-mpek is a delicacy from Palembang, South
Sumatra. It is made of fish and sago flours and served together with a dark,
rich sauce called “cuko”. Cuko is made from brown sugar, chilli pepper, garlic,
vinegar, and salt to boiling water.
There are many varieties of Pempek. The most famous one
is the Pempek Kapal Selam (“submarine”), which is made from a chicken egg
wrapped within the Pempek dough and then deep-fried. This type pempek contains
of high vitamin, protein, mineral, and carbohydrate content, is the most
nutritious variety. As a local staple, Pempek can be commonly found on every
street in Palembang
According to some stories, Pempek had been already in
Palembang since 16th century when Chinese traveller came to the region. Around
1617 there was an Apek (Chinese slang for an old man) who lived near Musi
river. He noticed an abundance of fish caught by the local fishermen. During
that period, most of the people simply just fried and grilled their fish. The
old Chinese Man then tried other alternative by adding fish meat with sago
flour and other spices, which he then sold around the village on his bicycle.
The people referred to this old man as ‘pek-apek’. The food is known today as
Empek-empek or Pempek Palembang.
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| Pempek (Mpek - mpek) |
And the last, Cendol is typical Indonesian beverage made from rice
flour, served with shredded ice and liquid brown sugar and coconut milk. These
drinks taste sweet and savory. In this beverage Sundanese region known as cendol
whereas in Central Java known as ice dawet. Evolving popular belief in
Indonesian society that the term "cendol" may very well have come
from the word "swollen", which is found in Sundanese, Javanese, and
Indonesia; this refers to the sensation felt when grain jendolan cendol through
the mouth when drinking ice cendol (Indonesian: Es Cendol).
Rice flour mixed with green colored and printed through a
special filter, so that the shape buliran. Dyes are used initially is natural
dyes from pandanus leaves, but is now used artificial food coloring. In
Sundanese, cendol made by sifting the flour steamed rice colored with suji
leaves with a sieve to obtain a pointed oval shape at the end. In Sundanese,
drink cendol called 'nyendol'.
This drink is usually served as a dessert or as a snack.
In accordance served during the day.
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| Ice Cendol (Indonesian: Es Cendol) |
To infini-food and beyond,
Setiyanti Rianta
