Steamed Fish Cake (Siomay)

Steamed Fish Cake (Siomay)

Siomay is an Indonesian cuisine which is influence by Chinese people who have immigrated to Indonesia since a very long time. The word Siomay came from chinese word shaomai which is traditional chinese dumpling which we very well know as dim sum.

In Indonesia, siomay can be steamed along with tofu, cabbage, potatoes and bitter gourd or bitter melon. Normally this cuisine is served or eaten with peanut sauce, sweet soya sauce and lime juice while normally dim sum can be eaten only by dipping the siomay in chilly sauce.

Siomay is basically a light meal and it can be found everywhere in Indonesia and normally each of the city has it’s own specially in serving or making siomay.