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empal gepuk

Traditional dish from Indonesia

About empal gepuk

Indonesian dish

Empal gepuk or sometimes simply known just as empal or gepuk is an Indonesian sweet and spicy fried beef dish. This dish is commonly popular in Java island, but can trace its origin to the Sundanese cuisine of West Java, Indonesia.

Key Ingredients

  • table salt
  • sugar
  • beef
  • garlic
  • Cymbopogon citratus
  • Alpinia galanga
  • coriander seed
  • shallot
  • Aleurites moluccanus
  • coconut milk
  • Indonesian bay leaf
  • condiment

Cuisine Type

  • Indonesian cuisine

Dietary Information

Traditional Indonesia cuisine

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