Pepes

Pepes
Carp fish pepes
Alternative namesPais (Sundanese)
CourseMain course
Place of originIndonesia[1]
Region or stateNationwide
Serving temperatureHot or room temperature
Main ingredientsVarious ingredients (fish, meat, mushroom, tofu or oncom) spiced and cooked in s banana leaf
VariationsBuntil, Botok, Otak-otak

Pepes is an Indonesian cooking method using banana leaves as food wrappings. The banana-leaf package containing food is secured with lidi seumat (a small nail made from the central ribs of coconut leaves) and then steamed or grilled on charcoal.[1] This cooking technique allows the rich spice mixture to be compressed against the main ingredients inside the individual banana-leaf package while being cooked and also adds a distinct aroma of cooked or burned banana leaves. Although being cooked simultaneously with food, the banana leaf is a non-edible material and is discarded after consuming the food.

  1. ^ a b Silvita Agmasari (30 June 2017). "Pepes Kesukaan Obama, Teknik Memasak Kuno Dunia". Kompas.com (in Indonesian).