Tekwan is a kind of dish that is made from fish,
especially tenggiri or gabus fish. This traditional dish originally comes from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Tekwan is also
known as a type of soup and other variety of Pempek because simply some ingredients are the same. The soup
taste more delicious if it is served warm. Here, I will tell you how to make this delicious dish, let's see.... :)
Ingredients Fish Dough :
- 250 gr of tenggiri fish fillet, blend (can also be changed by other type of sea fish)
- 1 chicken egg
- 175 gr of tapioca flour
- 2 tusks of garlic, blend
- Water as enough
Supplement :
- Yam Bean/Bengkoang, cut into long-small pieces
- 1 tablespoon of hirneola turiceelaria (INA : jamur kuping) - immerse in hot water, cut small
- 15 pieces of polyanthes tuberosa flower ( INA : bunga sedap malam)
- Fried Shallots
- Celery, chopped
- 2 tbsp oil
Kuah (Soup) :
- 2 tusks of garlic
- 1,5 liter of water
- Salt as enough
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper powder
- 50 gr of dried shrimp (INA : ebi), milled.
How to make tekwan ?
- Mix well the fish dough ingredients
- Heat water in a medium pan, put the fish dough into hot water, spoon by spoon (use teaspoon), let it until floated.
- Fry the sliced garlic and ebi (dried shrimp), add 1,5 liters water, salt, Yam bean, hirneola turiceelaria, polyanthes tuberosa flower, cook for about 15 minutes.
- Put the fish ball into the soup, take away after 5 minutes.
- Move to the serving bowl, garnish with fried shallots and chopped celery. Serve with chilli sauce
How can we get the Tekwan ???
We can get the tekwan in some places in Palembang, such as
- The Restaurant
- The Café
- Nanang’s canteen