Name: Gulai Sagu Cumi Udang Pakis (Fern Soup with Sago Pearl, Shrimp, and Squid)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 200 cc hot water; 1 gr turmeric or curcuma; 100 gr squid; 30 gr garlic (about 6 cloves; 1 pc turmeric leaves; 40 gr shallot (about 8 cloves); 3 stalks spring onion, sliced into 1-cm pieces, sautéed; 300 gr pearl sago; 1 kg shrimp (about 50-60 pieces); 1 liter water; 2 pcs red chilli; 5 bundle fern leaves; 50 gr basil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Flavors of Indonesia

By William Wongso

Published 2016

About

A light soup made with shrimp broth as its base. Fern leaves add green shades and fibered texture to the soup.

Ingredients

300 gr pearl sago
50 gr basil
5 bun

Method

Directions

Soak pearl sago with hot water until thickened lump. Shape the sago lump into little sago balls with tablespoon.
In a medium stock pot, pour water and bring to boil. Add ground spices, shrimp, squid, salt, pepper, turmeric leaves, ferns, and basil.
Prepare soup bowl. Put sago ball into the bowl. Pour the soup. Sprinkle with spri