Pempek
Pempek kapal selam and keriting poured with kuah cuko, a sour, sweet and spicy sauce. | |
| Course | Main course or snack |
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| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Palembang, South Sumatra |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Fish, tapioca, egg, noodles, palm sugar, vinegar, tamarind, dried shrimp powder |
| Variations | Lenggang, tekwan, model, rujak mie |
Pempek, mpek-mpek, or, colloquially, empek-empek, is a savory Indonesian fishcake, made of fish and tapioca, from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Pempek is served with a rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko (lit. 'vinegar sauce'), or just "cuko". Sometimes local people also eat the dish with yellow noodles and diced cucumber to balance out the vinegar's sourness, or adding chili powder to give the vinegar spiciness.