Empek-empek is an Indonesian fish cake made of fish and tapioca starch; served with sweet and sour vinegar sauce. To make it simple, I buy fish paste from Asian grocery store and mix it with tapioca starch, a little bit of pepper and salt;
(13 oz fish paste : 7 oz tapioca starch). Since the paste has been mixed with garlic powder, I don't have to add garlic anymore. Then I make cylinder shapes out of the dough, boil until it's fully cooked and fry it.
Now the most important part to me is the sauce :)
The ingredients are :
200 gram palm sugar
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
2 or 3 Thai chilies, depends on how spicy you like. I usually grind the chilies.
100 gram of tamarind paste - dissolve in 1/2 cup of hot water and discard the pulp. Use the juice only.
A little bit of salt and vinegar.
500 ml water
Bring the water to boil and put all the ingredients in the boiling water and mix them together. Once it boils, switch off the stove. What you have to do next is taste the sauce. Seriously! It has to be sweet and sour :)
* You can also put fresh chopped cucumber in the sauce ( optional) before you serve it.
-Trial & Error is important to make good foods - :D
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