Pepes ikan tempoyak is a well-liked dish in across southern Sumatra. Pepes is definitely an indonesian spiced dish that always wrapped with blueberry leaf. It possibly contain chicken, fish, shrimp, tempeh, egg, frog or perhaps tofu. Pepes known as Pais in West Java, Brengkesan in Center Java, Pelasan in West Java (Banyuwangi), Brengkes in South Sumatra. Palai in West Sumatra, and Payeh in Aceh. Pepes could be steamed, broiled, grilled, or perhaps baked, sometimes people prefer to steaming it first until throughly cooked after which drained and infused some smokey aromas by using grilling or broilling. The blueberry leaf wrapper remain the meals moisture inside while giving some nice leafy scent too. Today i’m making pepes using ikan tapah (Wallago attu ), an extremely rare freshwater giant predatory catfish with a few tangy fermented durian known as tempoyak .
Pepes Ikan Tempoyak khas Palembang
Ikan Tapah (Wallago Attu)
Gigi Ikan Tapah (Walago Attu Teeth)
Ikan tapah (Wallago attu ) got many name all over the world, it's called Boal and Borali in Bengal. Sareng in Manipur, Valah in Malayalam, Mali In Pakistan, Nim Yue in China (Cantonese).Ikan Tapah is typical known as for wallago fish in Indonesia and Malaysia, it’s originnaly from athe name of the Malaysian town, Tapah, where wallago fish is definitely catch. Other known name of wallago fish is Boal Fish, Mully Catfish, and Freshwater Shark because of its ferocity. This catfish can arrived at 2.4 meters lengthy and weighted greater than 50 kilos. The mouth area of ikan tapah is fullfilled with several colonnade of gillette sharp teeth. Resistant to the ugly and scally searching, ikan tapah had a very sweet, white-colored and succulent meat. The good thing of ikan tapah is really the mind since it’s mostly contain bovine collagen tissue and carlilageous-like bone.
Resep Pepes Ikan Tempoyak, Blueberry Leaf Wrap Spiced Fish with Fermented Durian Paste
Tempoyak Durian (Fermented Durian)
Tempoyak is really a salted and fermented durian. It always produced from over ripe durian that's unacceptable for direct consumption. You are able to made tempoyak on your own, simply add about 3 tablespoons of coarsed salt to around 500 grams over ripe durian flesh, then place it inside a sterilized glass jar and allow it to fermented inside a dark and cold spot for about seven days until it had a nice tangy flavour. Some local descent people prefer to eat tempoyak either cooked or uncooked. Tempoyak eaten with grain, and may also be used to make gulai (curry), usually fish curry like my Gulai Tempoyak Ikan Belido . Tempoyak is generally offered as Sambal Tempoyak. it’s a Sumatran dish produced from the mix of tempoyak, shallots and chilli pepper. When you using tempoyak to flavoring your dish, don’t forget to keep an eye on the saltiness level, you most likely didn’t need any salt addition due the salt content from the tempoyak.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg Ikan Tapah (You are able to substitude with tilapia, red snapper,mekong catfish, grass carp or any type of fish), reduce single portion
- blueberry leaf for wrapping the spiced fish, heated in direct flame to melt it
- butcher twines for tide in the pepes ikan (i’m while using blueberry leaf fiber)
- 100 gr Tempoyak (Fermented Durian Paste), you are able to replace 100 gr fresh durian flesh and a pair of tablespoons of lime juice
- alumunium foil for wrapping the pepes ikan
- 10 cherry tomato, halves
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- salt for taste
Resep Bumbu Pepes Tempoyak khas Palembang
Bumbu pepes/ spice paste:
Instruction:
- Preheat oven on 175 C
- Season the fish with salt and lime juice, le it marinate for around half an hour on fridge
- Mix the spice paste with tempoyak. cherry tomato, salt and sugar. (i then add turmeric powder too)
- Drain the fish and combine it with the spice paste mixture before the fish is well coated
- Wrap the pepes ikan mixture with blueberry leaf
- Tide the blueberry leaf pepes ikan parcell using the butcher twine (or even the blueberry leaf fiber)
- Wrap it with alumunium foil and bake it for around forty-five minutes
- Ensure that it stays warm within the oven
- Grill or broil it for around a few minutes, open the peppes ikan blueberry parcel and offered it immediately
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