Tekwan Palembang Soup
Tekwan is a fish ball soup popular in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The fish ball is served in a shrimp based broth together with rice vermicelli, mushrooms, sliced turnips, and sprinkled with fresh Chinese celery and fried shallots.
Serves
2
Cooking Time
20 mins
Cuisine
Malaysian
Main Ingredients
- 300 gm mackeral fillet pounded till fine
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- A pinch of white pepper
- A pinch of salt
- 1 stalk spring onion finely sliced
Combine all the above and form into a small fish balls
Other Ingredients
- 100gm shrimp
- 4 clove garlic finely sliced
- 100gm turnip sliced thinly (julienne)
- ½ cup ear mushroom soaked in water
- 50gm sohun
- 50gm banana flowers
- Chinese celery and fried onions for garnishing
- Salt and white pepper
- Oil for frying and water
Instructions
- Heat oil in wok
- Fry garlic and shrimp
- Add water and all vegetables
- Bring mixture to the boil
- Add fish balls
- Continue boiling for another 10 minutes
- Add salt and pepper
- Remove from heat
- Sprinkle Chinese celery and fried onions before serving
