Tekwan

Tekwan is typical Palembang food made ​​from fish and sago are made ​​in small sizes (like meatballs), and presented using the sauce with a distinctive taste. Usually complement tekwan is vermicelli and mushrooms. This food is popular in Palembang, food craze this woman also liked the man, usually eaten during the afternoon and evening, are rarely eaten by the morning, delicious if given a fairly spicy chili, if at Kilkenny prices ranged between $ 0.3 to $ 0.7
below is a recipe from food tekwan :

Ingredients :
  • 1 kg of fish tengiri
  • 500 grams of wheat starch
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp pepper powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • Seasonings to taste

    Ingredients for sauce tekwan :
    • 250 grams prawns, peeled, chopped 
    • 100 grams of dried shrimp, hot water soak, puree
      50 grams of tuberose, soaked, tie the knot
    • 5 cloves garlic, crushed
    • 2 tablespoons celery, finely sliced
    • 2 pieces of yam, sliced ​​into matchsticks
    • 1 teaspoon pepper powder


      How to make :
      1. Tekwan: Separate fish meat from the bones, then, then puree the flesh of fish with a spoon or fork.
      2. Mix fish meat with flour, garlic, egg and salt pepper.
      3. Combine all ingredients until blended and knead until completely smooth.
      4. Round dough using 2 teaspoons, and directly enter into boiling water.
      5. Remove when dough is floating, drain.
      6. Gravy: Add hot water into the rest of the water used to make the mixture so that a 2 liter
      7. Stir fry until fragrant white bawng, enter ebi, shrimp and seasonings. Stir until change color. Lift, then insert it into the broth.
      8. Add tuberose, celery, and pepper Bangkuang. Cook until all ingredients cooked.
      9. Enter tekwan and let it boil again, then remove from heat.

      Presentation: Serve hot with a sprinkling of fried onions and green chili sauce or chili sauce ordinary bottle.