Tempoyak, Fermented Durian

Tempoyak is a food thaat is well known in Kalimantan, Palembang, and Lampung. These foods are foods made from durian which difermentasidan can eat with rice if it has been processed.

Tempoyak has been narrated in The Tale of Abdullah as a daily food Terengganu residents.

When Abdullah bin Abdulkadir Munsyi visited Terengganu around 1836, he said that one of the locals favorite food is tempoyak. Based on the history that exist in Tale Abdullah, tempoyak a typical Malay food, Malaysia and Indonesia in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

There are so many recipes to cook Tempoyak, but I will present this recipe only. Here it is :

Basic Materials Tempoyak:

1. Durian

2. Some Salt

3. Sugar

4. Cooking oil

How to Make Tempoyak:

1. Meat durian, input into the jar while season with enough salt, and then closed tightly.

2. After about One Week, open and mixed well, tempoyak ready for use.

Blended ingredients:

2 cloves of garlic

4 cloves Onion

3 large pieces of red chilli

Cayenne pepper, according to your taste

How to Cook Tempoyak:

First, stir fry the blended ingredients and then add Tempoyak and put on some sugar according you your taste. And the last stir until it cooked. Tempoyak ready to serve.

Posted by Andini Novica Resti