Tekwan

Tekwan, a specialty of Palembang
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Indonesia (Palembang)
Region or state	Main: Palembang of South Sumatra Also spread to: Jambi, Bengkulu, and Northern Lampung, but also popular nationwide across Indonesia due to Palembang influence
Created by	Palembang
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Fish cake, shrimp broth, rice vermicelli, mushroom, jicama, celery, scallion, shallot
Media: Tekwan

Tekwan is a Palembang soup dish originated from the Indonesian region of Palembang. The dish contain some small size fish cakes made of local Musi river's fish similar to pempek preparation, and it served with the savoury shrimp (or prawn) broth, rice vermicelli, mushrooms, sliced jicama, and sprinkled with sliced fresh celery, scallion and fried shallot.^[1]

Etymology

Tekwan name originated from tâi-oân (鮐丸), Southern Min meaning for fishball.