one of the food processed fish that became the favorite of the population of Indonesia is Pempek or often called Empek Empek.
Pempek is a typical food from Palembang Province South Sumatra. food is much in demand so No wonder pempek exist in various cities of Indonesia and sold at various prices. according to its history, since the entry of Chinese migrants to Palembang, which is around the 16th century, when Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II reigned in the sultanate of Palembang-Darussalam. Name of empek-empek or pempek is believed to come from the design of musty or pek-pek, which is the name for the uncle or old man Tionghoa.
Based on folklore, around 1617 a 65-year-old musty who lives in the Assembly area (Musi River bank) feels sorry to witness the abundant fish catch on the Musi River that has not been fully utilized properly, only limited to fried and dipindang. He then tried other processing alternatives. He mixed the meat of milled fish with tapioca flour, so that new food was produced. New food is sold by the musty by cycling around the city. Because the seller is called "pek ... apek", then the food is finally known as empek-empek or pempek
However, this folklore deserves further tearing because the newly introduced cassava Portuguese to Indonesia in the 16th century, while the Chinese have occupied Palembang at least since the time of Sriwijaya. In addition, the velocipede (bike) was only known in France and Germany in the 18th century. In the meantime Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin was born in 1767. Even so it is very possible pempek is an adaptation of Chinese food such as fish meatballs, kekian or ngohiang.
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