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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Salty Coconut Ebi (Indonesian Food: Serundeng Ebi)


Ingredients:
- 1/2 fresh coconut, scrape
- 1 cup ebi (dry shrimp), clean with water then fry without oil till dry
- 2 garlic clove
- 3 small red onion
- 1 tea spoon salt
- 3 table spoon grated brown sugar
- 2 laurel leafs
- 1 tea spoon tamarind juice
- 2 fresh chili
- 1 table spoon cooking oil

Direction:
- Shatter the spices: chili, garlic, red onion, brown sugar, salt, and add tamarind juice
- heat cooking oil, add the spices, just mix it till aromatic, add the scraped coconut and ebi, mix all well till dry then remove. Serve

    Thursday, June 3, 2010

    Green Banana Dessert (Indonesian Food: Pisang Ijo)


    Main Ingredient: 
    - 1 bunch of bananas (plantain), steam, remove peel
    - 300 grams wheat flour
    - 1 egg, dough
    - 1 table spoon pandan paste or another green paste to make the batter green
    - 10 cup of water
    - a little bit butter or margarine

    Gravy:
    - 200 grams wheat flour
    - 1 cup thick coconut milk
    - 2 cup sugar
    - 10 cup of water

    Complement:
    - cocopandan syrup
    - sweet thick milk
    - ice cube

    Direction:
    - mix well wheat flour, water, egg, and pandan paste. Heat butter in a pan, pour 1/2 cup of batter, wait till the surface cooked, remove (this will form a green omelette)
    - take a green omelette while it's still hot, put as the rough side at top, put 1 banana, packed with omelette by rolling it, then twist both of the tips so all banana covered with green omelette. Do this till all the batter and banana used up
    - for gravy: mix all ingredients, cook till thick, remove
    - serve: take one green banana, put into a bowl, add ice cubes, pour the gravy, then syrup and sweet thick milk.

    Wednesday, June 2, 2010

    Sambal Ebi (Indonesian Food)

    Ingredients:
    - 2 fresh chili
    - 1/2 tea spoon salt
    - 1 tomato
    - 2 table spoon ebi (dry small shrimp)
    - 1 small fragrant citrus fruit
    - 1 cup of hot water

    Direction:
    - soak ebi with hot water for 5 minute, drain
    - shatter chili, salt, tomato, and ebi till soft, add citrus fruit juice. Serve

    Selamat mencoba (buat yg mencoba hihihi ;D)

    Thursday, May 27, 2010

    Kidney Bean and Leafy Vegetable Soup


    Ingredients:
    - 1 cup dry kidney beans, soak in water for about 3 hours
    - 2 bunch of leafy vegetables
    - 2 garlic clove, shred
    - 4 small red onion (save 2 to make fried onion)
    - 1 tea spoon salt
    - 1/2 tea spoon sugar
    - 2 table spoon cooking oil

    Direction: 
    - boil the kidney beans with garlic and red onion in much water till cooked
    - add the leafy vegetables, stirr a while
    - add salt and sugar, stirr then remove
    - fry the red onion till brown, then add into the soup. Serve


    Wednesday, May 26, 2010

    Cassava Leafs Saute (Indonesian Food)


    Ingredients:
    - 2 bunch of cassava leafs
    - 1 garlic clove
    - 2 small red onion
    - 1 stalk lemongrass, press a bit
    - 1 table spoon salt
    - 1/2 table spoon sugar
    - 3 fresh chili
    - water
    - 1 table spoon cooking oil

    Direction:
    - clean the cassava leafs, knead with 1/2 tablespoon salt, boil with water till cooked
    - heat cooking oil in a pan, add garlic and red onion, saute till aromatic
    - add cassava leafs, add a cup of water, then add lemongrass and chili, wait till boiled up
    - add salt and sugar, mix a while, then remove and serve

      Saturday, May 15, 2010

      Dorayaki

      Ingredients:
      - 300 grams wheat flour
      - 6 table spoon sugar
      - 2 tea spoon baking powder
      - 1 tea spoon salt
      - 4 eggs, whisk
      - 75 grams butter, melt
      - 250 ml liquid milk
      - 1 tea spoon margarine 

      Filling:
      - 100 grams kidney bean, soak in water for 3 hours
      - 150 ml liquid milk
      - 75 grams sugar


      Direction:
      - Filling: boil kidney bean in water till cooked, shatter well till soft, add milk and sugar, cook till thick, remove set a side
      - mix well wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, butter, and milk little by little while stirr it well
      - heat the dorayaki pan, spread margarine
      - pour 2 table spoon batter in the pan till 3/4 full, cook till the botoom side brown, remove, set a side
      - pour 2 table spoon batter, add 1 table spoon filling, cook till the botoom side is going to brown, put one cooked dorayaki at top, wait a while then remove. Repeat the process till all the batter used up. Serve

      For 20 pieces
      Calory/ piece: 152 cal
      resource: http://www.femina-online.com/kuliner/kuliner_detail.asp?id=498&cid=2&views=918

      Monday, May 10, 2010

      Corn Soup



      Ingredients:
      - 5 corn cob, shred the grain
      - 1 bunch spinach
      - 100 grams shrimp, throw their head and shell
      - 50 grams instant noodle
      - 2 garlic clove, shred
      - 5 small red onion, shred (save 2 to make fried onion)
      - 3 stalk celery
      - 1 stalk green onion
      - 1 tea spoon salt
      - 5 cup of water

      Complement:
      - 2 citrus fruits
      - soya sauce
      - fresh chili

      Direction:
      - mix corn, water, garlic, and red onion in a stew pan, boil till corn cooked
      - add noodle, wait for 1 minute then add shrimp and spinach, stirr well
      - add salt, stirr then add celery and green onion, remove
      - fry the saving red onion till tan, add into the cooking
      - serve with the complement, so everyone can use it as they like

      Monday, May 3, 2010

      Black Gravy Squid (Indonesian Food)

      Ingredients:
      - 3 squid in medium size, clear them without remove the ink pouch, cut into pieces
      - 1 big tomato, shred
      - 1 garlic clove
      - 2 small red onion
      - 1 stalk green onion, shred
      - 1/2 tea spoon salt
      - 1/4 tea spoon pepper powder
      - 1/2 tea spoon sugar
      - 1 table spoon cooking oil
      - 3 cup water


      Direction:
      - Heat cooking oil in a pan, add garlic, red onion, and green onion, mix till aromatic
      - Add the squids and tomato, pour with water, cook about 10-13 minute in high heat (don't cook it too long or the squid will become tough) , add salt, sugar and pepper powder, mix then remove. Ready to serve

      Sunday, May 2, 2010

      Yellow Gravy Fish (Indonesian Food)


      Ingredients:
      - 2 milkfish or another fish like tuna
      - 1 tablespoon tamarind, pour with water and swueeze
      - 1 tea spoon salt
      - 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
      - 3 chili
      - 2 small red onion, shred
      - 3 cup of water

      Direction :
      - Clean the fishes from scales, gills, and embowel them, then cut into 3 - 4 pieces
      - Put fishes in stewpan, pour with tamarind juice, add salt, turmeric powder, and chilli
      - Add water then cook about 20 minute, remove from stove
      - Fry the red onion shred, add into the fish cooking, then serve

      Saturday, May 1, 2010

      Banana Stewed with Brown Sugar and Coconut Milk (Indonesian Food: Kolak Pisang)

      Ingredients:
      - 7 banana (plaintain is the most suitable for this recipe)
      - 100 grams brown sugar
      - 1/2 cup thick coconut milk
      - 1 stalk cinnamon
      - 5 cup of water

      Direction:
      - peel bananas, cut into pieces, put all in a stew pan
      - add brown sugar, water, and cinnamon, cook till boil up
      - add coconut milk and stirr well for about 5-7 minute, remove from stove then serve