Tekwan

Tekwan is a kind of dish that made from fish, especially tenggiri fish or gabus fish. Tekwan originally come from Palembang, South Sumatera.

Ingredients Fish Dough :

1. 250 gr of tenggiri fish fillet, blend (can also be changed by other type of sea fish)
2. 1 chicken egg
3. 175 gr of sago flour
4. 2 tusks of garlic, blend
5. Water as enough

Supplement:

1. a screw pine, cut into long-small pieces
2. 1 tablespoon of hirneola turiceelaria (INA : jamur kuping) - immerse in hot water, cut small
3. 15 pieces of polyanthes tuberosa flower ( INA : bunga sedap malam)

Kuah (Soup) :

1. 2 tusks of garlic
2. 1,5 liter of water
3. Salt as enough
4. 1/2 teaspoon of pepper powder
5. 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, screw pine, hirneola turiceelaria, polyanthes tuberosa flower, cook for about 15 minutes.
• Put the fish ball into the soup, take away after 5 minutes.
• For getting good taste, add chicken borth.
• Serve with fried belinjo chip.