Pepes

Pepes

Carp fish pepes
Alternative names	Pais (Sundanese)
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Indonesia[1]
Region or state	Nationwide
Serving temperature	Hot or room temperature
Main ingredients	Various ingredients (fish, meat, mushroom, tofu or oncom) spiced and cooked in a banana leaf
Variations	Buntil, Botok, Otak-otak
Media: Pepes

Pepes is an Indonesian cooking method using banana leaves as food wrappings. The banana-leaf package containing food is secured with lidi seumat (a small nail made from the central ribs of coconut leaves) and then steamed or grilled on charcoal.^[1] This cooking technique allows the rich spice mixture to be compressed against the main ingredients inside the individual banana-leaf package while being cooked and also adds a distinct aroma of cooked or burned banana leaves. Although being cooked simultaneously with food, the banana leaf is a non-edible material and is discarded after consuming the food.