![]() ![]() This flavour brings an extra taste to Pepes Udang, no wonder even people use terracotta roof tile to substitute the mortar! Dont worry if you cant get any terracotta around, you may grill it over charcoal anyway, or simply put it over your grill-pan, just let the burned banana leaf wrapper infuses its wonderful flavour to the spices paste & shrimp inside. Smoke of terracotta combined with the burned banana leaf brings a distinctive flavour while it burned, a flavour that you cant find on other materials instead of terracotta. Fyi, mortar in Indonesia (specially in Java) is almost flat just like a plate, unlike those in other countries that nearly bowl-shaped. Surabayan use "cobek tanah liat" (terracotta mortar) to get the best flavour. Sometimes people skip out the grilling process, in fact it's the secret key to make an authentic delicious Pepes Udang. ![]() Now could you tell me wat is it in english? :D I cant find the right words to translate "Pepes Udang" into English ) It means shrimp mixed in a generous red spice paste, wrapped in banana leaf in tubular shape (fasten with toothpick on both edges), steamed then grilled without unwrapped. ![]()
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