Salmon and coconut milk, with slices of fish and sagou (a type of bean)

Laksan, fish and sago slices in coconut milk

Main dishes

A specialty of Palembang: slices of fish and sago paste, similar to pempek, simmered in a thick coconut milk sauce.

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Laksan is a dish from Palembang made with rice flour and fish. It has an oval shape and resembles pempek, but it is served with a coconut milk sauce.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.87
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  • $0.44
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Directions

  1. Combine the ground fish with the couscous and salted water until you have a paste that can be shaped. ≈ 10 min
  2. Cook in boiling water until the dough rises to the surface, indicating that it is cooked.
  3. Drain the excess liquid, then allow it to air dry for a while. ≈ 2 min
  4. Next, cut the pieces into 0.5 cm thick slices. ≈ 8 min
  5. Finely chop half of the shallots and sauté them in a pan.
  6. Finely chop the cilantro, the remaining shallots, the garlic, and the dried shrimp. ≈ 3 min
  7. Heat the spice mixture in the oil until it is dry.
  8. Grate the coconut and prepare 800 ml of thick coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
  9. Pour, the coconut milk into the spices that are browning, and bring to a boil.
  10. Add the laksa slices and cook for another short period.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 bowl of Belida white fish (cod) fillet, minced
  • 1 bowl of couscous
  • Half a coconut
  • 100 g of dried shrimp
  • 3 tablespoons of salted water
  • 12 shallots
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 tablespoon of cilantro seeds
  • 5 sheets of daun ganda
  • 2 tablespoons of oil

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