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

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

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
  • $1.98
  • $0.26
  • $0.22

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 Allium ascalonicum and fry them.
  6. Finely chop the cilantro, the remaining Allium ascalonicum, the Allium sativum, and the dried shrimp. ≈ 3 min
  7. Continue to apply this spice paste to the oil paint until it is completely dry.
  8. Grate the coconut and prepare 800 ml of thick coconut milk. ≈ 8 min
  9. Pour the coconut milk into the spices and bring to a boil.
  10. Add the laksa slices and cook for another short period.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of finely chopped white fish (such as cod or haddock)
  • 1 bundle of sagou
  • Half a coconut
  • 1 bundle of laksa (pre-cooked noodles, see instructions)
  • 100 g of dried shrimp
  • 3 tablespoons of salted water
  • 12 Allium ascalonicum
  • 5 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)
  • 1/2 tablespoon of cilantro
  • 5 leaves of daun ganda

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