Refreshing Kapurung Typical Culinary of South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Indonesia is indeed famous for its diversity of traditional culinary delights, almost every region has its specialties with different tastes.
One of the well-known traditional foods is Kapurung, a typical Palopo culinary delicacy of the Luwu people, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Maybe if you hear a typical food from Sulawesi that comes to mind is Coto Makassar, but this Kapurung is no less delicious and quite attractive to people both from inside and outside the island of Indonesia. Kapurung is a soup with a slightly sour taste but is very refreshing when eaten.
How to make Kapurung is quite easy, what needs to be prepared is the original sago which is usually sold in markets, then the sago will be dissolved using hot water, after that the sago is stirred until it thickens, the sago dough is then formed into small rounds like the size of meatballs.
Kapurung is usually served with fresh fish ingredients using peanut sauce and mixed with various kinds of vegetables such as long beans, spinach, banana heart fruit, eggplant, and sweet corn.
If someone doesn't like fish, as an alternative, Kapurung can be served with chicken or other foods that are deemed suitable to be served and eaten together.
Meanwhile, the spices used to make the peanut sauce themselves are chili, candlenut, garlic, and pepper. The refreshing sour taste itself comes from the patikala fruit or you can also use lemon or lime juice.
Usually, Kapurung will be very delicious when served hot. The peanut sauce is rich in spices with a slightly spicy taste that will warm the throat of the connoisseur. Kapurung, which is made from real sago, is very easy to digest because it has a chewy and filling texture.
This culinary is said to have existed since ancient times, usually, this food is eaten like a staple food. However, along with the times, this food was rebuked by rice and corn, which have become the staple food of Indonesian society.
Even so, Kapurung still exists and is still maintained as a staple food in several other areas in Indonesia, especially in Maluku and Papua under different names or names.
The name Kapurung itself does not exist in line with Coto Makassar, but when it comes to taste, Kapurung itself is no less delicious than other typical South Sulawesi foods.
There are still many food stalls that provide Kapurung with various added menus, for example in Makassar there are various Kapurung menus such as Fish Kapurung, Chicken Kapurung, Mixed Kapurung, and Shrimp Kapurung.
The price of Kapurung is fairly cheap, usually, the restaurants in Makassar sell Kapurung with prices starting from IDR 15,000. In the Luwu area itself, Kapurung is better known as Pugalu, while in Maluku it is known as Papeda.
Kapurung itself has a nutritional value from the various kinds of vegetables served with Kapurung which can provide the body's nutritional needs and with the addition of fish or chicken or shrimp pieces which will certainly be a good source of protein for the body.
This food can be eaten by culinary connoisseurs who are maintaining their body weight as long as they are not excessive in consuming the lime broth.
Kapurung will be very delicious when eaten during the rainy season, Kapurung with a combination of rich spices and sour and spicy taste mixed will make the stomach taste more delicious.